A British Airways Airbus A321NEO had a scary attempted landing at Heathrow over the weekend, an attempt that was captured by an automated camera system. Upon close inspection, you can see that as the crew initiated a go-around after struggling to get the jet on the ground, the tail strikes the surface of the runway, raising a small cloud of grey smoke. It’s easy to second-guess the crew on this one, but we’ve been in similarly sporty landing attempts, though without any damage to the tiedown hook.
