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Air Canada 777 suffers tail strike on pilot’s first landing
An Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER suffered a tail strike while landing at Hong Kong International in 2018 due to pilot induced oscillations and a high rate of descent, an investigation by the city's Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) has concluded. The widebody, C-FITW (c/n 35298) was operating as AC15 between Toronto/Pearson and the Asian city on December 11, 2018, with four flight crew, 13 cabin crew and 376 passengers on board. After the tail strike, the widebody spent two months

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