Korean Air plane has landing trouble at Narita

Monday 13th July, 02:16 PM JST

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ca1ic0cat at 12:01 AM JST - 14th July

Doesn't much matter if it's Boeing or not; if the rear pressure dome ruptures during flight it's going to be a very bad day.

Must have really had the nose up on landing to do a tail strike. I wonder what happened? Sounds like a few pieces of plane got left behind. Pics anyone?
Fadamor at 02:30 AM JST - 14th July

Tailstrikes on landing are very rare because pilots normally don't want the nose gear much higher than the mains on touchdown. They want the nose gear down quickly so they can start braking. Most of your tailstrikes occur on takeoff due to over-rotating on the mains.

I see on the web that Airbus 340's have been involved in tailstrikes while landing, so we shouldn't single-out Boeing on this.
The758 at 08:17 AM JST - 14th July

Anyone here flown Korean Air? Are they any good?
1keiron at 08:17 AM JST - 14th July

Who said it was a Boeing ?

It was a Boeing 777.
soldave at 08:42 AM JST - 14th July

I've flown Air Koryo, if that counts. Was certainly an interesting experience.
kyushujoe at 08:58 AM JST - 14th July

Been flying Korean twenty years now.I find them excellent. Their transfer times at Incheon for people going on to Europe are great, the pilots are all ex-military, so plenty of experience, and the service is perfect. The only problem is the food, which has won awards, but I really don't like. Still, you don't choose your airline by the food, right?
mrsynik at 09:51 AM JST - 14th July

Sounds similar to a hairy landing I experienced on Asiana Airlines back in April. No tail strike but still the scariest landing I've experienced ever, that day there were strong cross winds. JT - Your article mentions nothing about the wind/weather conditions at Narita yesterday - was it a factor in the incident? I'm curious to know based on my own experience.
Kwaabish at 10:15 AM JST - 14th July

KAL flights can be interesting at times. Like with many airlines that employ ex-military (fighter planes?) sometimes I've had interesting and rocky landings with them too. That being said, overall, my experiences have been very good.

But, one of the craziest landings by a passenger plane (as made popular on you tube) is by a KAL 747 at the old Kai Tak airport in HK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTl1nQ9bO1Y
pawatan at 11:07 AM JST - 14th July

Your article mentions nothing about the wind/weather conditions at Narita yesterday - was it a factor in the incident?

It was really windy in Chiba all day yesterday.
Foxie at 02:33 PM JST - 14th July

I only fly Korean Airlines lately. Great service, I love Korean food, the seats have special adjustable headsets and they have always been very flexible - great airline!
karimkenawy at 05:15 PM JST - 14th July

I was in that plane and it WAS a b777. Everything was OK except for the landing. Even before the plane landed it was shaking hard. Korean Air is a good airline.
karimkenawy at 05:19 PM JST - 14th July

Before landing, the wind speed was 60 km/h. Sorry for the double post.
smithinjapan at 12:38 AM JST - 15th July

mrsynik: "Sounds similar to a hairy landing I experienced on Asiana Airlines back in April. No tail strike but still the scariest landing I've experienced ever, that day there were strong cross winds."

Where were you landing, bud? I've flown Korean Air and Asiana both plenty of times, and only once had a pretty bad landing with Korean Air at... Kansai Int'l airport, where the winds can be pretty awful. The worst landing I've ever experienced was with Thai Air, at Kansai Airport again.

Korean Air doesn't have a great track record, but the records also include the plane that got shot down by a Russian missile, which hardly seems fair. Some of their fleet is getting pretty old, but Asiana is pretty decent in that regard.
sharky1 at 06:29 AM JST - 15th July

Even monkeys fall from trees...meaning that having a landing problem on occasion is a part of flying, just like have a fender bender once in a while, is a part of driving. It was either pilot error, computer/electrical error, or mechanical/hydraulic malfunction...case solved.
flyby at 09:52 PM JST - 16th July

I have worked for this airline, it is sad that people are unable to search for the history of this company, it has one of the worst safety record in the industry. The military pilots are not skilled in civilian piloting skills and their English language ability is just pathetic. This airlines flights are involved in incidents on daily basis and hard landings are a norm (over "G"), in the last two years they have had at least six incidents where the flights were seconds away from disaster. The maintenance is great and the services provided by ground staff and cabin crew is excellent. But the flight operations is a disaster area, waiting for another hull loss, check wikipedia website for Korean Air safety record information.