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Incident: Saudia B773 at Jeddah on Dec 9th 2017, tail strike indication


A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration HZ-AK40 performing flight SV-21 from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was in the initial climb out of Jeddah's runway 34C when the crew stopped the climb at FL060 due to a tail strike indication, dumped fuel and returned to Jeddah for a safe landing on runway 34R about one hour after departure.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration HZ-AK38 reached New York with a delay of 7 hours.

The airline reported an inspection of the occurrence airframe did not reveal any hull damage, however, the tail sensor needed to be replaced.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 22 hours after landing back.


Metars:
OEJN 090600Z 06006KT 4000 DU SKC 25/03 Q1016 NOSIG=
OEJN 090500Z 06006KT 5000 DU SKC 24/02 Q1015 NOSIG=
OEJN 090400Z 07007KT 6000 SKC 24/03 Q1015 NOSIG=
OEJN 090300Z 06007KT 8000 SKC 24/02 Q1013 NOSIG=
OEJN 090200Z 06008KT 8000 SKC 24/02 Q1013 NOSIG=
OEJN 090100Z 06008KT 8000 SKC 24/02 Q1013 NOSIG=

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الطائرة البديلة

Boeing 777-3FG/ER
HZ-AK38