A Qantas flight has had a bumpy landing after colliding with an airbridge at a major Australian Airport.
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft was touching down at Brisbane International Airport from Queenstown, New Zealand when it collided with the passenger bridge while taxiing at about 6.30pm on Wednesday.
Qantas said no one was injured in the incident, and passengers from QF186 disembarked via stairs brought up to the plane.
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“We’re investigating how an aerobridge made contact with the front of one of our aircraft at Brisbane Airport,” the airline said.
“The aircraft will be inspected by engineers in Brisbane and repaired before returning to service.”
The executive general manager of aviation at Brisbane Airport, Ryan Both, said safety is the airport’s top priority.
“Last night a Qantas flight arrived from Queenstown and the aerobridge made contact with the aircraft, and we’re supporting Qantas with the investigation.
“We really want to reinforce that safety is our first priority at Brisbane Airport and is absolutely paramount, so we’ll be doing everything we can to look into what happened and make sure we learn from it.”
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