Packed Boeing 777 jet avoids 'massacre' after dragging tail during takeoff
The caught-on-camera ordeal unfolded when the Chilean LATAM Airlines plane was midway through taking off at the Milan Malpensa Airport in northern Italy on Tuesday.
A Boeing 777 carrying hundreds of passengers was filmed tearing down an Italian runway with its tail dragging on the ground, sending smoke and sparks flying — with an expert praising the pilots for avoiding a “massacre.”
The Chilean LATAM Airlines plane was midway through taking off at the Milan Malpensa Airport in northern Italy on Tuesday when the back end suddenly dropped after suffering an apparent malfunction, local outlet Corriere della Serra reported.