“I thought we were gone”: American A321 crew left shaken after wing strike

Newly released cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcripts have revealed the shock and confusion expressed by an American Airlines Airbus A321 crew involved in a 2019 wing strike incident. The jet, N114NN (c/n 6046), was operating flight 300 from New York/JFK to Los Angeles International on April 10, when it suffered a roll on take-off from runway 31L and hit a runway distance marker with the left wingtip. The flight crew corrected the deviation and continued the climb before making a