A British Airways aircraft experiences a tail strike during a landing attempt at Heathrow Airport. The incident occurs as the plane lands on a Thursday (12 November), and the aircraft’s tail contacts or scrapes along the runway surface.

One report says the aircraft suffers a tail strike while attempting to land at Heathrow, describing it broadly. Another two reports focus on the same incident involving flight BA431, framing it as a “double tail strike” and noting that the attempted landing is aborted after arriving from Amsterdam. The accounts also emphasize the visual moment of the strike, with one outlet foregrounding the detail that the rear of the aircraft scapes along the runway.