Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 returned to Munich after takeoff incident

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/vietnam-airlines-boeing-787-returned-munich-after-takeoff-incident-flightradar24-2026-08-16/

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AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 11d (2 replies)

There's a video of the incident by a planespotter which shows the aircraft suffering a tailstrike and kicking up a huge cloud of dirt after it overran the runway due to taking off too late.

Video of the incident

AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 11d (1 reply)

That means the plane should have lifted up earlier, correct? So it can be either a malfunction or human error?

AzuranAurora@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 11d

Yes. It failed to rotate before it ran off the runway. Could be human error or a malfunction, I'm sure the investigators will figure out which.