Serious Incident to the Airbus A320 registered EI-DTB and operated by Alitalia on 08/17/2017 at Milan Malpensa [Investigation led by ANSV / Italy]
Toucher de l'arrière du fuselage lors du roulement au décollage, interruption du décollage
Responsible entity
Preliminary data based on the notification from the Italian authorities:
Aircraft sustained a tail strike after setting take off thrust during take off run. After immediate reduction of thrust and braking, the aircraft pitched down to normal attitude ; the crew did taxi back to apron and the passengers were disembarked with normal procedures.