Incident: Singapore B777 at Melbourne on Oct 9th 2016, tower observes tailstrike on departure

A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration 9V-SYG performing flight SQ-238 from Melbourne,VI (Australia) to Singapore (Singapore), departed Melbourne's runway 34 when tower observed sparks and smoke from the tail section of the aircraft as the aircraft rotated between taxiways F and C (between 1800 and 3300 meters down the runway) and assumed the aircraft's tail had contacted the runway surface during rotation (avherald.com) More...