In about a week another Qantas Boeing 737 plane was damaged after a collision with a baggage handler. This was the second ground incident in two days involving a company aircraft.
The Boeing 737-800, registration VH-VZH, suffered light damage to the fuselage and is already operating flights again. While the first incident, on the 26th of May took place at Perth Airport, this took place on May 28 at Darwin Airport. Both are Australian airports.
BREAKING: a second @Qantas plane has been damaged in a collision with a vehicle used to load bags – this time at Darwin Airport. This puts further into doubt safety at Qantas after it outsourced its entire ground operations #auspol pic.twitter.com/QmdqR9sOet
— TWU Australia (@TWUAus) May 28, 2021
ADVERTISING
Despite the aircraft not suffering any damage, this new incident, caused again by an error in ground operations, triggers an alert for Qantas to check the quality of the outsourced companies that provide services to the company.
According to Australia's Transport Worker Union (TWU), both incidents occurred because all of Qantas' ground operations have been outsourced as the airline cut costs due to the ongoing pandemic. The union is now calling for a safety investigation into Qantas' ground operations as it alleges that Qantas violated safety requirements.
Street: aerotime
