That was one hard landing. Heavy jets don’t have skid capable tail sections. They snap and buckle the fuselage. That’s why jets don’t flare for a landing. You just sort of fly them in a straight attitude while on a steady rate of descent and they mmet the runway at some point if you’re on glide slope.
“Heavy jets don’t have skid capable tail sections”
Not exactly.
During flight test the tail is purposely “scraped” on take off and landing, multiple times.
Part of its certification process.
You need to learn more about the landing maneuver before you make a comment. The “glide path” requires a constant rate descent that is dependent on ground speed. A B 777’s final approach speed would require approximately 600’ per minute. Believe me when I say the pilot must flare the airplane. This accident appears, at first glance, to have “met the runway at some point” and did not flare. It looks like the gear and engines, were sheared off when the plane left the runway. The vertical stabilizer was torn off as well, not sure how. It will all come out in the wash(NTSB report).
Oh, they most certainly do.