Heart:

Do you know what a tailstrike is?

It's when the back-end of the aircraft fuselage hits the ground on takeoff (or landing). Tailstrikes happen with some regularity.

A tailstrike does not necessarily precipitate damage that is catastrophic, and certainly not classifiable as an 'accident.'

Sounds like journalists who are as technically ignorant as they are anxious to get their name in a by-line are at it again.