Brisbane Airbridge strikes again!

[RSD]

A few weeks ago it was an airbridge at Brisbane that tore a hole in the side of an Air New Zealand 787, tonight they've broken the windscreen of a Qantas 737 - WTF?

 

[Blackadder]

Seems like ground crew at BNE need some refresher training.

 

[Mwenenzi]

Qantas plane damaged after air bridge strike at Brisbane Airport

A spokesman said Qantas was investigating “how an aerobridge made contact with the front of one of our aircraft at Brisbane Airport”.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

Flight from NZ has windscreen shattered after landing in Brisbane

A similar incident occurred with an Air New Zealand flight last month.

www.nzherald.co.nz

A Qantas flight from New Zealand that had just touched down in Brisbane had its windscreen shattered after it was hit by an airbridge on Wednesday evening.

QF186 from Queenstown landed at Brisbane shortly after 6.30pm (local time) and a Facebook post by Brisbane Incident Alerts reported that “while positioning at the gate, the aerobridge made contact with the aircraft, resulting in the front windscreens being shattered.”

Is it the same gate as the AirNZ air bridge incident?
Same air bridge driver?

 

[Hvr]

For our pilots: if you see that this is going to occur, is there anything you can do? Or is it a situation where you brace and hope you're not injured?

 

[sudoer]

is there anything you can do?

Beep the horn!

 

[GrahamBRI]

Same air bridge driver?

Looks like this could have been a zipper merge, where the vehicle in front has right of way...... so maybe the bridge driver had right of way?

 

[jb747]

I wonder where the bridge was, when the aircraft came in?

 

[Archipelago]

"I was just sitting here minding my own business, and then suddenly this 737 just jumped right in front of me!"

(the airbridge, probably)

 

[offshore171]

Hope there was a dash cam

 

[DejaBrew]

Reminds me of this classic scene -:

 

[markis10]

Is it the same gate as the AirNZ air bridge incident?
Same air bridge driver?

Gate 76 for NZ, 82 for QF

 

[RSD]

I wonder where the bridge was, when the aircraft came in?

I'm guessing it wasn't where it is in the photos or else the captain wouldn't be able to see the distance positioning information display because his view of that would be blocked by the air bridge.

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For our pilots: if you see that this is going to occur, is there anything you can do? Or is it a situation where you brace and hope you're not injured?

Say a very loud WTF and then put your hands over your eyes to shield them from flying glass.