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| QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQB (CN 015) File Photo |
A door on a Qantas A380 was almost torn off after it rolled into scaffolding in a hangar following a routine maintenance check at Sydney Airport on Friday. The damaged A380 sustained some damage inside the hangar during maintenance. The damaged A380 (with the registration VH-OQB) had been undergoing routine maintenance in Hangar 96 at the jet base and struck a support structure as it was being pulled out in readiness to re-enter service. Its destination was Sydney - Dallas - Sydney. Flight QF7 on Saturday afternoon and return flight QF8 that was due to leave Dallas on Sunday have been cancelled because of the incident. “We are working to minimise impacts to our customers and we apologise for any delays,” a Qantas spokesperson said in a statement. Passengers who had their flights cancelled have been re-booked on unaffected services. It is expected to take at least two weeks for the damaged plane to be fixed. We are confident we can minimise the impact to our customers. We are also confident we will get the aircraft flying by the end of the calendar year.”
The aircraft was delivered to Qantas on the 17th December 2008.
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