{"id":71664,"date":"2026-08-14T03:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/71664\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T03:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:32:08","slug":"australia-probes-three-near-misses-at-sydney-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/71664\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia probes three near-misses at Sydney Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Sunday’s two incidents at Sydney International Airport following another near-miss on July 27 (DAVID GRAY) <\/p>\n

Australia’s transport authorities said Friday they were investigating what went wrong after three near-misses in less than two weeks at Sydney Airport, including two in one day. <\/p>\n

A Virgin Australia 737 had been cleared for take-off by air traffic control on Sunday morning when the crew saw a Qantas plane crossing the runway ahead of them, the country’s transport safety investigator said. <\/p>\n

The crew brought the plane to a stop about a kilometre from the other aircraft, which had also been cleared to taxi across the runway. <\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, a Jetstar pilot was forced to apply the brakes suddenly to avoid crashing into a Qatar Airways jet. <\/p>\n

They came after two Qantas planes also avoided a collision on July 27 after they had been cleared for takeoff. <\/p>\n

“I can reassure the travelling public that we will consider any organisational or systemic issues that may have contributed to these occurrences, and will do so in a comprehensive and timely manner,” Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell said Friday. <\/p>\n

“We look at all the evidence, how busy the airport was, what was the manning in the tower at the time,” he added. <\/p>\n

Questions have also been raised as to why it took so long for the incident to be reported. <\/p>\n

Mitchell said there had been a “supervisory or a training situation taking place” on Sunday.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

“We do know, as I’ve mentioned before, that this is a significant, I guess, ramping up period for air services in terms of recruiting, training, and qualifying air traffic controllers,” he added. <\/p>\n

“What we do know is three incidents occurred that shouldn’t have occurred. We need to understand why.” <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also called for an investigation into the incident. <\/p>\n

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