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- A Qantas flight was delayed almost 24 hours after a reaction bridge apparently crashed with one of the four plane engines
- The Quantas QF63 flight from Australia to South Africa was pushed from Saturday, July 12 to Sunday, July 13, after a reaction bridge, or Aerobridge, «made contact» with the Airbus A380
- «The plane will be inspected by Sydney engineers and repaired before returning to the service,» the airline told Sky News
An international flight was delayed almost a full day this weekend after a plane bridge apparently crashed with one of the plane’s engines.
Qantas Flight QF63 will leave from Sydney airport in Australia and will begin to arrive in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday, July 12 at 9:30 am local time, according to the airline website.
But while he was on the asphalt, a bridge to Jet, or Aerobridge, as they are known in Australia, he contacted the plane, an Airbus A380, according to ABC News, Sky News and The Daily Mail. Since then, the flight has been delayed and now it is expected to leave Sydney at 7:25 am local time on Sunday, July 13, according to the last information of the state of the state.
A Qanta spokesman and Sydney airport did not immediately respond to the request for people’s comments on Saturday.
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The photos shared by ABC News and Sky News show a Rolls-Royce engine, one of the four on the plane, which is drilling by the Jet Bridge support beam.
In a statement to both media, Qantas said he was investigating the incident and that passengers would receive accommodation and transport overnight in Sydney if necessary.
The airline confirmed to Sky News that a bridge to Jet «made contact» with the engine of an Airbus A380. According to ABC News, the plane had a capacity of 75% and is capable of transporting 480 passengers and will be repaired before joining the airline fleet.
«The plane will be inspected by Sydney engineers and repaired before returning to the service,» said an airline spokesman to Sky News. «We know that the interruptions on the flight are frustrating and we apologize to our clients for the impact on their trip.»
No injuries have been reported as a result of the collision, according to both Australian points of sale.
In a separate statement to ABC News, the Sydney airport confirmed that the Jet bridge and the engine made «during earth operations» and that it was «working closely with Qantas while investigating the cause of the incident and thanked the passengers for their patience and understanding.»
The last delay in the flight occurs months after a Qanta employee was hospitalized in May for falling from a reaction bridge, according to ABC News, and less than a month after a reaction bridge in Brisbane collided with a Qantas plane in June, according to Sky News.
The delay remains separately a «cyber attack» in which 5.7 million customer records were affected, since Qantas shared in an update this week that he was «providing advice and support» to the affected customers. There has been no «evidence» of personal data, since the financial and passport details have not been accessed, Qantas wrote.
