Vietnam aviation body says passenger plane returned to Munich after tail strike, tyre-pressure warnings

Vietnam’s civil aviation authority says a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 left Munich on Sunday, then returned after warnings that the aircraft’s tail may have struck the runway and that tyre pressure was low. The Hanoi-bound flight took off, triggered the alarms shortly after departure, and then circled for more than two hours to burn fuel before heading back to Munich, flight-tracking data from Flightradar24 shows. Vietnam Airlines earlier cited a “technical issue.” CAAV said the plane landed but could not taxi from Munich’s north runway under its own power, leaving it stranded and disrupting airport operations. All 271 passengers and 16 crew were safe.