American A321 at Aruba on Mar 12th 2026, tail scrape on takeoff Last Update: March 14, 2026 / 20:33:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts Date of incident Mar 12, 2026 Classification Incident Airline American Airlines Flight number AA-870 Departure Aruba, Aruba Destination Philadelphia, United States Aircraft Registration N120EE Aircraft Type Airbus A321 ICAO Type Designator A321 Airport Queen Beatrix International Airport, Oranjestad Airport ICAO Code TNCA An American Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration N120EE performing flight AA-870 from Aruba (Aruba) to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was departing Aruba's runway 11 at 13:55L (17:55Z) when the tail contacted the runway surface for a number of seconds while rotating for takeoff. The aircraft climbed to 4000 feet and entered a hold to burn off fuel before returning to Aruba for a safe landing on runway 11 about 2:20 hours after departure. The aircraft is still on the ground in Aruba about 48 hours after landing. Metars: TNCA 122100Z 09015KT 9999 SCT017 28/22 Q1011 NOSIG= TNCA 122006Z 09017KT 9999 BKN017 28/22 Q1011 NOSIG= TNCA 122000Z 10016KT 070V130 9999 BKN017 28/22 Q1011 NOSIG= TNCA 121900Z 11015KT 070V140 9999 VCSH FEW017TCU BKN020 27/23 Q1012 NOSIG= TNCA 121826Z 11012G22KT 080V140 8000 -SHRA FEW017TCU SCT030 28/22 Q1012 NOSIG= TNCA 121812Z 09015KT 8000 -SHRA SCT017TCU SCT030 28/22 Q1012 NOSIG= TNCA 121800Z 09012KT 050V120 9999 -SHRA BKN015 29/22 Q1012 RERA NOSIG= TNCA 121700Z 08017KT 9000 SHRA BKN015 30/22 Q1013 NOSIG= TNCA 121600Z 09016KT 9999 SCT020 29/22 Q1014 NOSIG= TNCA 121500Z 10017KT 9999 SCT021 30/21 Q1014 NOSIG= TNCA 121400Z 10016KT 9999 BKN020 29/21 Q1015 NOSIG= Aircraft Registration Data - Register Data - Airframe Data - Engine Data - Owner Data Registration markN120EECountry of RegistrationUnited StatesDate of RegistrationSubscribe to unlock TCDS Ident. No.Subscribe to unlock | | | | | | | | | | | AeroInside: Research aviation incidents with ease. AeroInside: Select your plan and get access to AeroInside Insights and query over 15000 aviation incidents and a... | | | This article is published under license from Avherald.co
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