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Qantas plane damaged after hitting jet bridge in Australia's Brisbane Airport
Published on: Thursday, June 19, 2025 Published on: Thu, Jun 19, 2025 By: Bernama Text Size: A Qantas plane takes off from the Sydney International airport on May 6, 2021. - AFP pic SYDNEY: A Qantas aircraft was damaged after it struck a passenger jet bridge at Brisbane International Airport on Wednesday evening, Xinhua news agency reported. According to the Brisbane Times, Flight QF186 from Queenstown, New Zealand, collided with the jet bridge shortly before 6.40 pm local time after landing. Advertisement Photos published by the newspaper showed that the windscreen of the Boeing 737-800 was shattered in the incident. No injuries were reported, and passengers disembarked via stairs. A Qantas spokesperson said the airline was investigating how the bridge came into contact with the aircraft's front section. 'The aircraft will be inspected by engineers in Brisbane and repaired before returning to service,' the spokesperson said. This is the second jet bridge incident at Brisbane Airport in less than a month. On May 22, an Air New Zealand Flight NZ146 sustained a fuselage puncture after it made contact with a jet bridge while pushing back from a gate. The flight to Auckland was subsequently cancelled. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Yahoo
04-03-2025
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Aussie surge nets five-year first
Australians are enjoying a rankings surge just a month out from hosting a Billie Jean King Cup clash on home soil. Four female players are now inside the top 100, a feat not achieved since 2019. Teen star Maya Joint and Ajla Tomljanovic surged inside the top 100 after making the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively at WTA events in North America, doubling Australia's representation inside the elite bracket. Tomljanovic jumped 18 spots to get back inside the top 100, while Joint, 18, broke through for the first time and is one of only two teenagers in the top 100. The pair joined Kimberly Birrell and Olivia Gadecki, giving Australia four top-100 women for the first time since October 2019. Daria Saville was only a set win away from making it five women in the top 100 for the first time since May 2019. Tomljanovic and Saville reached the semi-finals in Austin and Merida, marking the first time in seven years Australia had two WTA-level semi-finalists in the same week. The last time was when Saville and three-time grand slam winner Ash Barty reached the 2018 Sydney International semi-finals. The surge comes ahead of Australia's Billie Jean King Cup round-robin clash against Kazakhstan and Colombia in Brisbane and gives team captain Sam Stosur a range of in-form players to choose from. The tie will be played over three days and could include Joint, who was born in Michigan in the US to an Australian father, for the first time. Having peaked at a career-high ranking of six earlier this year, Alex de Minaur has slipped back to 10th but still sits as Australia's highest-ranked male, with another eight compatriots inside the top 100. AUSSIES IN THE TOP 100 Women 76 - Kimberly Birrell 85 - Maya Joint 94 - Ajla Tomljanovic 99 - Olivia Gadecki Men 10 -Alex de Minaur 27 -Alexei Popyrin 38 - Jordan Thompson 64 - Aleksandar Vukic 75 - Chris O'Connell 83 - Rinky Hijikata 86 - Thanasi Kokkinakis 96 - Adam Walton 97 - James Duckworth
