Plane Crushes Vehicle on Concourse

A passenger plane has collided with a vehicle on an airport concourse.

The incident took place at Sydney Airport in Australia, with images showing an airport security truck jammed under the engine of an Airbus A320. Images show a shattered windshield on the driver's side of the vehicle and part of its roof collapsed. It is unclear who was responsible for the incident.

A post on X, formerly Twitter, from Breaking Aviation News, said the Jetstar aircraft was "damaged when an airport security truck collided with its right engine." The account also stated that the plane was empty at the time and being towed.

"It's understood the driver was uninjured in the crash and was taken to the Prince of Wales Hospital at Randwick for further assessment," the post continues.

Footage obtained by 9News shows airport staff and emergency vehicles on the concourse. It also shows the pick up truck, referred to as a "ute" in Australia, being loaded onto another vehicle and driven away. The aircraft has also been removed from the scene.

Jetstar said in a statement sent to Newsweek: "A Sydney Airport utility vehicle made contact with one of our aircraft which was being towed to the gate without passengers around 5:30 a.m. We're working with Sydney Airport to fully investigate what happened."

Contractor Certis Security was unable to say how the vehicle and the plane made contact.

"Certis is working with Sydney Airport to investigate an incident that occurred early this morning at the airport involving one of its employees," a spokesperson for the company told 9News. "A vehicle operated by a staff member made contact with a Jetstar aircraft whilst the aircraft was being towed."

"The health, safety and well-being of travellers, our team members and fellow workers at Sydney Airport will continue to be our highest priority, even as we look into preventing similar incidents from occurring," the spokesperson said.

The aircraft was scheduled to fly to Adelaide at 6:40 a.m. on Monday. Passengers due to travel on the flight were put onto later services, but one said little information was given regarding what had happened.

"They didn't give us all the details, they just said there had been an accident," passenger Anna Fsadni told 9News.

Six Jetstar flights to and from Sydney were cancelled on Monday as a result of the incident.

Aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas said in an on-air interview: "On average [these incidents] cost approximately half a million dollars every time we have an accident on the tarmac."