Serious incident to an Airbus A350 operated by British Airways on 02/01/2022 at Heathrow

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United-Kingdom authorities:

Tail strike during go-around. Minor paint and sensor damage.

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Touché du fuselage arrière en remise de gaz

General information
Local date	02/01/2022
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
Scope of Investigation	Full (Annex 13) type investigation
State or area of occurrence	Europe and North Atlantic - United Kingdom - Greater London
Location	AD London Heathrow
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2022-0003

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - British Airways Plc
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A350
Aircraft Registration
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United Arab Emirates - OMDB (DXB): Dubai/Intl
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGLL (LHR): London/Heathrow
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	362
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.