An airport security truck collided with the right-hand engine of a Jetstar Airbus A320 at Sydney International Airport early on Monday morning, but the driver of the truck miraculously escaped without injury despite extensive damage to the drivers side of the cab.
The aircraft was being towed without any passengers onboard in preparation for the start of the day when it hit the security truck on one of the taxiways.
Along with the damage to the truck, emblazoned with the words ‘Works Safety’, the engine of the Jetstar aircraft was also badly damaged by the collision.
A spokesperson for Sydney Airport suggested that the accident was the fault of a security contract driving the truck, saying the vehicle “made contact” with the airplane.
Understandably, the aircraft had to be immediately pulled from service for what the airline described as “precautionary engineering checks”. The incident resulted in several cancelled flights, which were meant to be operated by the damaged aircraft.
