A collision between a Flyadeal Airbus A320neo and a food truck occurred at King Khalid International Airport (RUH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Photos of the Airbus A320neo aircraft, registered as HZ-FAP, circulated on social media shortly after the event, exposing the aircraft’s significantly bent radome.
There were no injuries recorded.
According to Flightradar24.com, the plane flew for one hour and 30 minutes between Tabuk Regional Airport (TUU) in Saudi Arabia and RUH airport before the incident.
Flyadeal Airbus A320N (HZ-FAP, built DEC 21) sustained damage to its radome when a catering truck collided with the aircraft at Riyadh-Intl Airport (OERK), Saudi-Arabia. @AviationWG pic.twitter.com/Y16PokUwHJ
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) May 19, 2022
According to Planespotters.net, the damaged aircraft is 0.4 years old and was delivered to Flyadeal in December 2021.