Draft:Flight 1748

On January 22, 2022, JetBlue Flight 1748, operating its seasonal service en route from Yampa Valley Regional Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport suffered a tail strike during takeoff whilst trying to avoid an oncoming Beechcraft King Air 300 (N350J) that was landing on the opposite side of the runway. Flight 1748 was diverted to Denver International Airport as a general precaution. There were no injuries occurred during this incident.

Incident
<!-These short sentences are here to add structure to help me write out the paragraphs in full later.>

Uncontrolled Airport

Pilot error in task saturation at unfamiliar airport.

Winter operations

Pilots Communication Errors and Unicom communication

After tailstrike the flight continued to climb which is not part of the standard procedure post suspected tailstrike.

No loss of cabin pressure detected which would've indicated a fuselage/structure breach and subsequent damage.

Lack of awareness of the tailstrike till flight attendants alerted pilots of what they heard.

Late decision to make an emergency decent to a safe altitude and diversion to a enroute airport as a precaution and aircraft post incident saftey inspection.