SQ A380 meets aerobridge at Sydney Airport
 

I thought these things came with "park assist"?
Singapore Airlines plane hits aerobridge at Sydney Airport | News.com.au

Ouch..... That's going to be expensive!!

Over-run or bridge in the wrong spot?

285 pax. QF not the only one with $%&^ loads into and out of Oz. Seems the pot of gold may have been pilfered.

Just wild rumours so far:

A380 begins turn onto bay 24, but budget arrival crew not there to switch on the guidance system. A380 is holding up traffic on the tarmac and (rumour) ATC request them to move forward (I assume a little bit). Bridges are in the right spot (including bridge C, the one closest to the wing). A380 taxies over the stop line.... and bridge C supports hit the #2 engine, severely damaging the cowl. With engine still running, some of the broken bits are spat out the back of the engine.

Fingers pointing in all directions.

100 gawkers turn up with their iPhones... so there should be some pictures soon :ok:

Marshalling gone wrong? And yes I know that bay has NIGS but sometimes when the aircraft is too far on the bay the NIGS doesn't like it when u turn it on

there was one in the news article

http://i.imgur.com/t8Xu8mm.jpg

Would there really be any "pieces" to ingest? Looks like a low energy bingle to me. Sure, the fan cowl lip will need to be replaced, maybe QF could spare one. RR Trents and all...

It most likely won't require any maintenance. It is a new aircraft.

its a rubber cowl, it will just bounce back...:E

Seriously, that is going to be expensive.l assume the pylon is OK.

Yeah, get the SO or FO to buff it out with their shirt sleeve during the walkround.

I suppose SQ get the quality they pay for in SYD....:rolleyes:

SQ A380 meets aerobridge at YSSY
 

Here's some more photos for you! :eek: Sorry about the image resolution.

SQ A380 No1 Damage YSSY Bay 24 26 May 2014 Slideshow by rampdoggie | Photobucket

PS I wanted to add this link to the original post by roundsounds but it's not possible to do so on PPRUNE. This was my workaround :)

As long as they remember to top up the oil..

I'm just wondering, how about the wing spar or wing box? Would it have hit hard enough to torque the wing? Apparently the BA 744 main wing spar in JNB was bent back 18" after it hit the roof of the building there.

The amount that engine would have moved is miniscule compared to the buffet loads that wing is designed to meet.

Plenty of other places to check before even thinking about the wing box.

Pretty minor ding for a structural discussion

I'd hope they check the bridge too, remember the bridge that fell down recently in Hong Kong ripping off the 1L door on a CX A330 and injuring a couple of people in the bridge....

NSEU, if true a good example of the Swiss cheese holes lining up.
Lesson to take away? Do not permit anyone to bully you into moving until you are certain that it's safe to do so. Let them whinge or call you names; they don't wear four bars - you do, for a very good reason.

Asian culture is to follow instructions . Luckily we are a bit lite on for culture in Australia .

Only three targets I can think of:

(1) - The marshaller, if there was one.

(2) - The team responsible for calibrating the guidance, if it was switched on.

(3) - The Captain of the aeroplane, if (1) and (2) don't apply.

Looks to be (3), based upon the report.


As for 'that'll polish out' etc, remind me not to let any of you work on our cars. 'Bits' have passed through the rotating engine and the engine attachment (shear) pins and a lot of the engine structure will have been (maybe shock) loaded to an unknown extent.