Incident to the Airbus A321 registered XA-VLT operated by Volaris on 22/12/2023 at Guadalajara

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Mexican authorities:

The first officer makes his approach, and the instructor pilot takes command to correct, as he considers that the approach was high. causing a tail strike

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General information
Local date	22/12/2023
Responsible entity	Mexico - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Mexico
Location	Guadalajara AD
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2024-0008

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Mexico - Concesionaria Vuela Compañía De Aviación, S.A. De C.V.
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A321
Aircraft Registration	XA-VLT
State of registry	Mexico
Last departure point	Mexico - MMUN (CUN) : Cancun intl
Planned destination	Mexico - MMGL (GDL) : Guadalajara/Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Intl
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	7125
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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