Boeing 787 from Munich to Hanoi nearly hits the treeline on takeoff after extra long takeoff roll

[AerialTorpedoDude69]

Runway excursion Accident Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner VN-A867, Saturday 15 August 2026

Vietnam Airlines flight VN34,A Boeing 787-9,registered VN-A867, was involved in an incident at Munich Airport (MUC). Video footage and ADS-B data indicate that the aircraft made a full le...

aviation-safety.net

There's video and other relevant links in the link above. Title says it all. 787 has a rocky takeoff and almost crashes. They dump fuel and then conduct an emergency landing, which is similarly rough with substantial damage to the landing gear.

 

[skyking1]

over-rotated hard, knocked the tail strike module off, punctured aft fuselage. That initial climb was stupid scary steep. They had enough energy to leave gracefully but that is not what happened. It looked like the flight test profiles they did in the early operations when they intentionally beat on the tail a bit.

 

[Simon Thomas]

They had the brakes on. That was very close to ending in tears.

View: https://x.com/OnDisasters/status/2089086946597384249

 

[mjfur]

Looks like only the left truck rear brakes were locked/dragging, which were the ones that popped on landing due to being damaged during takeoff.

 

[GTX]

Some really good discussion in this one:


View: https://youtu.be/QtPIqMRDuxg?si=228vpNIEQpMhWg4a