Ural A320 at Osh on Feb 15th 2014, tail strike on departure

An Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VP-BKB performing flight U6-2904 from Osh (Kyrgyzstan) to Ekaterinburg (Russia) with 128 passengers and 9 crew, struck its tail onto the runway during takeoff from Osh. The crew continued the takeoff, the aircraft got airborne and climbed out to safe altitude, the crew subsequently returned to Osh for a safe landing.

The airport said, the aircraft was overloaded and therefore could not rotate normally, the tail contacted the runway surface prompting the crew to return to the airport. A replacement aircraft was dispatched to resume the flight.

The airline declined to comment.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Osh more than 36 hours later.