I’m not sure what exactly happened here, though this certainly doesn’t seem like it was handled very well, as flagged by The Aviation Herald.
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You can Google VMU aircraft testing where they deliberately drag the tail down the runway. VMU stands for Velocity Minimum Unstick which is the absolute minimum takeoff speed. It’s achieved by pulling back to the maximum which for an aircraft on the runway is till the tail hits.
If you saw a runway incursion in process a tail strike might be indicated if taking off was the only way to avoid a collision.
"The way that the nose is jerked up is just hard to make sense of. I know that the Airbus sidestick can be quite responsive, but still, what on earth?!"
The A321 doesn't have a lot of margin from tail strike from a normal flare attitude, when combined with the pitch-up attitude induced by the sudden change from idle to TOGA thrust on underslung engines it is easy to over-rotate if you try to pull up at the same time. Unfortunately, while this is something crews should anticipate, it's still a common mistake seen in training departments.
The Czech audio commentary in the video actually provides a hint: after touching down, the plane tilted right, possibly due to a sudden wind gust. If the left wheel actually lost contact with the runway, the pilot may have opted for a late go around out of caution. Unfortunately they seem to have overrotated.
The news report is ridiculosly funny... "o jak dramatickou situaci šlo" - there was a very brief tailstrike and nothing happened afterwards, lol.
This doesn't actually seem to be a pilot error but rather an unfortunate weather situation hitting the plane at the worst possible moment. But nevertheless, this was within the safety margins. the crew reacted exactly as they should've, and no one was at any risk.