英国航空BA431航班在伦敦Heathrow降落时两度机尾触地：复飞后安全着陆，飞机停飞待查
英国航空一架空客 A321neo 客机 11 月 12 日上午在伦敦 Heathrow 机场尝试降落时，机尾两次触及跑道，飞行员随即复飞，第二次进近后安全着陆。机上乘客按正常程序下机，无人受伤。
这架注册号为 G-TNEB 的飞机当天执飞从阿姆斯特丹 Schiphol 机场飞往伦敦 Heathrow 的 BA431 航班。在机场进行航空直播的 Big Jet TV 拍到，飞机接地时姿态异常，机尾两度擦过跑道面，飞行员放弃着陆、拉起复飞，绕飞一周后在第二次尝试中平稳落地。
英国航空发言人表示：「飞机安全着陆，我们正协助英国航空事故调查局（AAIB）的调查，现阶段出于法律原因无法进一步评论。」AAIB 的调查人员已介入调查。
这架飞机已退出运营、接受维修检查。英国航空初步安排它在 11 月 14 日恢复执飞，但具体时间取决于机尾损伤程度的评估结果。
（来源：英国航空）
British Airways Flight BA431 Suffers Double Tail Strike at Heathrow: Lands Safely on Second Attempt, Jet Taken Out of Service
A British Airways Airbus A321neo suffered a double tail strike while attempting to land at London Heathrow Airport on the morning of November 12. The pilots performed a go-around and landed safely on the second attempt. Passengers deplaned normally and no one was injured.
The aircraft, registered G-TNEB, was operating flight BA431 from Amsterdam Schiphol to London Heathrow. Footage from the airport livestream channel Big Jet TV showed the jet touching down in an abnormal attitude, its tail striking the runway surface twice before the crew abandoned the landing, climbed away and circled back for a second, uneventful approach.
A British Airways spokesperson said: "The aircraft landed safely, and we're assisting the AAIB with its investigation and are legally unable to comment further at this stage." Investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch have been called in.
The aircraft has been taken out of service for maintenance inspections. British Airways has tentatively scheduled it to return to service on November 14, subject to the extent of the damage found.
(Source: British Airways)
来源：英国航空
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图片来源：图：英国航空空客 A321neo 客机（资料图，同型机）。Simon Butler 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A British Airways Airbus A321neo (file photo, same aircraft type). Photo by Simon Butler, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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