ATSB investigates potential conflict between two Qantas flights
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a near-miss incident at Sydney Airport involving two Qantas flights on a taxiway. This is the fourth such incident in four weeks, raising concerns about air traffic controller staffing levels.
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Share A A A Investigators are examining how two Qantas flights at Sydney Airport were given clearance to take the same route on a taxiway on Tuesday.
The incident is the fourth in the past four weeks at the airport, where shortages of air traffic controllers in its tower are being blamed for frequent delays.
A Qantas 737 at Sydney Airport in a file photo. Wolter Peeters The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said a Qantas 737 arriving from the Gold Coast was heading west on the ground and had clearance to turn right.
At the same time, a Qantas Airbus A321 preparing to depart for Melbourne also had clearance to turn, which would have put it in the other plane’s path.
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