A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration TC-LSL performing flight TK-1771 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Prague (Czech Republic), landed on Prague's runway 12 at 14:19L (12:19Z) when the crew initiated a go around, however the tail contacted the runway surface. The aircraft climbed out to 4000 feet, positioned for another approach and landed on runway 12 without further incident about 15 minutes later and taxied to the apron.
The return flight TK-1772 was cancelled.
On May 23rd 2025 UZPLN rported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated. The aircraft bounced during landing, the crew performed a go around, and the aircraft tail contacted the runway surface.
Metars:
LKPR 111400Z VRB03KT CAVOK 17/02 Q1016 NOSIG=
LKPR 111330Z 05007KT CAVOK 17/02 Q1016 NOSIG=
LKPR 111300Z VRB03KT CAVOK 16/02 Q1017 NOSIG=
LKPR 111230Z VRB06KT CAVOK 16/01 Q1017 NOSIG=
LKPR 111200Z 06008KT 020V080 CAVOK 16/01 Q1017 NOSIG=
LKPR 111130Z VRB06KT CAVOK 15/01 Q1017 NOSIG=
LKPR 111100Z 07007KT 360V140 9999 SCT049 15/02 Q1018 NOSIG=
LKPR 111030Z VRB08KT 9999 SCT047 15/03 Q1018 NOSIG=
LKPR 111000Z 09010KT 9999 SCT044 14/03 Q1018 NOSIG=
LKPR 110930Z 07007KT 030V140 9999 SCT037 14/05 Q1018 NOSIG=
LKPR 110900Z 07007KT 030V130 9999 SCT032 14/04 Q1018 NOSIG=
