EVA Air 787-9 suffers tail strike during go-around at Taipei Songshan

An EVA Air Boeing 787-9 suffered a tail strike during a go‑around at Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) in Taiwan. The incident occurred during an aborted approach; the airline and local authorities have not yet disclosed details on damage, passengers, crew or operational impact.

Discovered 2025-10-05T05:10:08.195870-07:00 | 2025-10-05T05:10:08.195870-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

Tail-strikes during go-arounds are a recurring operational risk with immediate safety and procedural implications; see a recent example where a tail‑strike was traced to dual inputs on a go-around and another A321neo tailstrike during a go‑around in Mumbai.
Events at Taipei have included other approach/landing impacts that affect airport operations and inspections, such as a UPS 747‑8 striking its engine pod during a gusty landing at Taipei Taoyuan.
Tail-strikes commonly trigger structural inspections and can remove aircraft from service for repairs, as in a case where a hard‑bounced landing and tail‑strike took an A321XLR out of service.

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