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.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Could someone explain what is happening in Queensland recently? It seems like anything related to a bridge is now going on strike be it on the Warrego Highway, or at Brisbane Airport with an NZ bird and now a QF bird. I think it's time for the government to come to table and negotiate with the bridges on these labour disputes. Enough is enough!

-RooFlyer88

 

[Groundfeeder]

Was the pilot still on IFR?

 

[RSD]

Could someone explain what is happening in Queensland recently? It seems like anything related to a bridge is now going on strike be it on the Warrego Highway, or at Brisbane Airport with an NZ bird and now a QF bird. I think it's time for the government to come to table and negotiate with the bridges on these labour disputes. Enough is enough!

-RooFlyer88

I hadn't made the link - but you are right! Mind you I don't think that the bridge on the Warrego Highway had a lot of say in its troubles!

 

[Denali]

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?

 

[Forg]

The speed aerobridges move at, I’m reminded of the Austin Powers steamroller scene …

 

[RSD]

The speed aerobridges move at, I’m reminded of the Austin Powers steamroller scene …

Given the very slow speed you do have to wonder how the hell they can screw up so badly - twice - in the space of a few weeks! How you end up with an aerobridge in front of the windscreen instead of at the door really boggles the mind...

 

[Denali]

Given the very slow speed you do have to wonder how the hell they can screw up so badly - twice - in the space of a few weeks! How you end up with an aerobridge in front of the windscreen instead of at the door really boggles the mind...

I was watching a show about Melb airport last week.., a dunny dumper truck reversed parked into a airbus. You would think as it was there to empty the jet, that it would have looked around for the jet when reversing under the jet

 

[RSD]

I was watching a show about Melb airport last week.., a dunny dumper truck reversed parked into a airbus. You would think as it was there to empty the jet, that it would have looked around for the jet when reversing under the jet

The whole problem with Australia is that we have put so many safeguards in place to stop dumb people exiting the gene pool - and this is the result...