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Old Jun 16, 2023 | 4:26 pm
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That quote is weirdly truncated, so here's the actual quote:

A United Airbus A320-200, registration N1902U performing flight UA-1091 from Mexico City (Mexico) to Houston Intercontinental,TX (USA) with 151 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Houston's runway 27 at 17:27L (22:27Z) but struck its tail onto the runway surface. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage.

About 90 minutes later the aircraft departed for its next flight climbing to FL340 and performed 7 more sectors until Mar 25th 2023 before being removed from service at Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA). The aircraft positioned from Dallas to Houston Intercontinental on Apr 21st 2023 and is on the ground in Houston since (standing Jun 8th 2023).

The NTSB rated the occurrence an accident stating the aircraft sustained substantial damage on landing in Houston due to a tail strike and opened an investigation.
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