Watch moment British Airways plane tail strikes runway as it attempts to land at UK airport
The tail of a British Airways plane appeared to strike the runway as it attempted to land on Thursday.
Footage shows the moment a British Airways plane appeared to suffer a tail strike as it attempted to land at Heathrow Airport on Thursday (12 November).
In the footage, captured by a Big Jet TV webcam, the tail of flight BA431 from Amsterdam appears to strike the runway, before the plane ascends into the sky again.
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The aircraft performed a go-around and landed successfully on its second attempt.
A British Airways spokesperson told the BBC: "The aircraft landed safely and we're assisting the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) with its investigation and are legally unable to comment further at this stage."