According to the AviationHerald, an Egypt Air Airbus A321-200, registration SU-GBU
performing flight MS-724 from Aleppo (Syria) to Cairo (Egypt) with 130
passengers, contacted the runway surface with its tail while rotating
for takeoff from Aleppo at around 05:10L (02:10Z), the crew continued
the climb to FL310.
When the aircraft was enroute at FL310 about 85nm
east of Larnaca (Cyprus) the crew decided to divert to Larnaca where the
aircraft landed safely about 50 minutes after departure from Aleppo.
The aircraft received substantial damage, and as a result, the flight was cancelled.
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