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Australia transport safety regulator probes two more incidents at Sydney airport
Investigators said both events were stopped by crews before a collision, and the bureau will examine staffing and communication failures.
- On Wednesday, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau opened investigations into two taxiing conflicts at Sydney Airport involving a Virgin and Qantas aircraft on August 16 and a Jetstar and Bombardier aircraft on August 25.
- Frequent runway incidents at Sydney Airport, totaling six in the past month, point to persistent air traffic controller shortages and reliance on overtime, which experts suggest may be contributing to safety risks.
- On August 16, a Virgin 737 taxiing on runway 16 nearly collided with a Qantas 737 when air traffic control instructions were not read back correctly by the Virgin crew. Nine days later, a Jetstar A320 faced a conflict with a Bombardier Dash 8 due to incomplete traffic information.
- The ATSB classified both events as 'incidents' rather than 'serious incidents,' noting flight and ground crews reacted appropriately to avoid collision. Preliminary reports are expected within six to eight weeks.
- Data spanning 22 years show runway collisions and near-misses are increasing in frequency across commercial air transport, with almost 98% classified as 'incidents' that can create conditions for future collisions if safety barriers fail.
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Australia transport safety regulator probes two more incidents at Sydney airport
Australia's transport safety regulator on Wednesday opened two investigations into taxiing conflicts at Sydney airport, involving a Virgin and Qantas aircraft on August 16 and a Jetstar and Bombardier aircraft on August 25.
·London, United Kingdom
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Airport runway collisions and near-misses are happening more frequently, 22 years of data show
Jetstar Airbus A320 at Sydney Airport. Maksym Kozlenko/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SAFour close calls on Sydney Airport runways in as many weeks have put air traffic management in the spotlight. It’s too early to determine the exact cause of each one. But four ground-safety occurrences at Australia’s busiest airport in a little over three weeks raise an obvious question: how common are occurrences like these, and are they becoming more frequent? To exam…
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