<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An aerobridge has ripped into the engine of a Qantas A380 superjumbo at Sydney Airport.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hundreds of passengers were already on board the airbus this morning ready to head to Johannesburg, when the aerobridge crashed into the plane and pierced the engine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The passengers will be put on a flight tomorrow morning after a 21-hour delay.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/qantas-cyber-attack-additional-information-impacted-customers-email/9dddb6d7-0df5-4c23-b79d-e4f60c44fc8a" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Qantas cyberhack worse than 1.1 million customers were first told</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The airline has offered passengers accommodation for the night if they need it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nobody was injured but passengers had to get off the plane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Qantas said it is investigating and apologised to customers inconvenienced by the accident.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/qantas-sydney-airport-plane-hits-airbridge-delay/4177751d-4500-40de-9dfb-2fe2e9cf8ecd" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The aircraft will be inspected by engineers in Sydney and repaired before returning to service," the airline said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is the second mishap with a Qantas aerobridge in recent months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the airline's workers, Olivia Hristovska, was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/daughter-of-injured-qantas-worker-pleading-for-answers-after-airbridge-accident/acd20d6d-4a3f-4c4c-bb96-69445254c4ff" rel="" target="" title=" left with life-threatening injuries after falling through a fence in May"><span>left with life-threatening injuries after falling through a fence in May</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident is still the subject of an investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>