Australia investigates near-miss collision of two planes on tarmac at Sydney airport
"Both aircraft were stopped abruptly," the transport safety bureau said in a statement.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation has been launched following a near-miss collision between a Jetstar A320 and a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 on the tarmac at Sydney airport on Sunday. The Jetstar plane was taxiing for take-off to Queensland's Gold Coast when its crew spotted the Qatar Airways plane, which was being towed by an aircraft tug, very close on a crossing taxiway.
Both aircraft were forced to stop abruptly, with a cabin crew member on the Jetstar plane sustaining an injury and the connection between the Qatar Airways plane's nose gear and the aircraft tug being damaged. Jetstar, the budget arm of Australia's national carrier Qantas, stated that the incident occurred while the pilots were following instructions from Air Traffic Control.
The incident occurred just a day after Sydney Airport experienced widespread delays due to departure spacing implemented by Airservices Australia as a result of roster problems with air traffic controllers.
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