The 777 may have been stranded at Milan Malpensa for months.

A Boeing 777-300 of the Chilean airline LATAM crashed while taking off from Milan Malpensa Airport. Tail strike.

The aircraft, registered PT-MUG, prepared for its return flight to Sao Paulo (Brazil) on Tuesday afternoon. During the day Take off The machine was hit by a Tail strikeThis phenomenon involves the rear of the aircraft touching the runway. According to camera images, the 777 will be in contact with the runway for ten seconds while turning. This is accompanied by smoke and dust. Eventually Flight Crew He managed, albeit with difficulty, to lift the plane off the ground.

Standard contract

The pilots quickly realized that something was wrong. The climb stopped at 5,900 feet (about 1,800 meters). They were asked to return to the departure airport. However, since the aircraft had at least 11 hours of fuel, excluding a buffer in case of exceptional circumstances, it entered a holding pattern. This way the machine could burn fuel and then make an unscheduled landing at Milan Malpensa with the required landing weight. The 777 flew several times southwest and south of the Italian airport, which had been granted permission to be named after Silvio Berlusconi.

Long on the ground

After about an hour and a half the machine landed at the starting point. Today the machine is still on the ground at Milan Malpensa. The prediction is according to paddle your own boatGiven the previous example of the Air France Airbus A350 that had the same thing happen in February of this year, the 777 will be grounded for a long period of time for repair work.