Via A320 at Leipzig on Jul 4th 2014, tail strike on short bounced landing

A Air Via Airbus A320-200, registration LZ-MDB performing flight VL-501 from Varna (Bulgaria) to Leipzig (Germany), landed short while on approach to Leipzig's runway 08R, bounced and touched down a second time onto the piano keys (just past the runway threshold) of the runway with the tail contacting the runway surface at about 12:57L (10:57Z). The aircraft rolled out without further incident but sustained substantial damage to the tail.

An observer on the ground reported the aircraft touched down short of the runway, briefly lifted off again and touched down a second time in a very nose high attitude, the tail impacted the runway surface just at the runway threshold with a loud noise before the aircraft settled on the runway.

Photographic evidence shows the aircraft with the tail contacting the runway surface while just past the runway threshold on the threshold markings (also known as "piano keys").

Metars:

EDDP 041450Z 14009KT CAVOK 30/07 Q1011 NOSIG

EDDP 041420Z 15011KT CAVOK 31/08 Q1011 NOSIG

EDDP 041350Z 13011KT CAVOK 30/08 Q1012 NOSIG

EDDP 041320Z 16011KT CAVOK 30/07 Q1012 NOSIG

EDDP 041250Z 13010KT CAVOK 30/08 Q1012 NOSIG

EDDP 041220Z 13010KT CAVOK 30/09 Q1013 NOSIG

EDDP 041150Z 19009KT CAVOK 30/08 Q1013 NOSIG

EDDP 041120Z 14009KT CAVOK 29/07 Q1014 NOSIG

EDDP 041050Z 15009KT CAVOK 29/07 Q1015 NOSIG

EDDP 041020Z 21011KT CAVOK 28/07 Q1015 NOSIG