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LUFTHANSA BOEING 747-8 ESCAPES TAIL STRIKE BY INCHES AT LAX AS PILOTS ABORT LANDING...
On Saturday, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 flying from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) had a rather eventful arrival in Southern California when it came within inches of a tail strike during touchdown.
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