A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 aborts its landing at Los Angeles International Airport and narrowly avoids a tail strike, according to multiple reports. The aircraft comes close to scraping the tail during the approach and is forced to go around before touchdown.
Outlets describe the incident as a botched landing attempt and highlight that the plane ultimately lands after the aborted maneuver. Simple Flying reports the jet touches down just under half an hour behind schedule, while the other sources focus on the near-miss involving the runway and tail clearance. The accounts broadly agree on the key sequence: approach, close call, landing is aborted, and the aircraft later lands with a delay.
The reports do not provide additional details on the cause of the aborted landing beyond describing the attempt as dramatic and narrowly avoiding disaster.
