Qantas plane damaged in collision with aerobridge at Sydney Airport
Flight QF63 was at a gate at Sydney Airport preparing for its scheduled 9.30am take-off for Johannesburg on Saturday when an aerobridge made contact with one of the Airbus A380's four engines, causing damage.
Passengers, who had already boarded, disembarked via the aircraft's lower deck. There were no reported injuries.
Qantas said in a statement that the flight would be delayed by 21 hours, with a replacement aircraft scheduled to depart at 6.45 am on Sunday.
The airline said that an investigation into how the aerobridge made contact with the aircraft was underway.
"The aircraft will be inspected by engineers in Sydney and repaired before returning to service," it said. – BERNAMA
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