A JetLite flight, with 135 passengers on board, flew in from Mumbai with a damaged tail but landed safely at Kolkata airport. The Boeing 737 aircraft, which touched down at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 3.40pm, was grounded after a maintenance check revealed "minor cracks" in the tail. An airline spokesperson "confirmed" that the aircraft had suffered "what is defined as tail scrape". Sources said the cracks had developed while the plane was taking off from Mumbai. Jet Airways officials said the tail had not suffered any "major damage" while taking off. An independent aviation expert said an aircraft could suffer tail scrape when part of the tail grazes the ground during take-off or landing because of a lack of wheel balance. "The flight, after landing, taxied off the runway on its own, the damage was detected during a routine check by flight engineers," said a senior airport official.
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