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  "id": 348971,
  "title": "Jetstar plane narrowly avoids crashing into Qatar Airways flight at Sydney airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/jetstar-plane-narrowly-avoids-crashing-into-qatar-airways-flight-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T04:51:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3363425/jetstar-plane-narrowly-avoids-crashing-qatar-airways-flight-sydney-airport"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Safety regulators launched an investigation on Sunday into a “near collision” between two passenger aircraft at Australia’s busiest airport that injured a crew member. The incident, which involved a Jetstar pilot being forced to apply sudden brakes to avoid crashing into a Qatar Airways jet on Sunday morning, disrupted operations at Sydney airport. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Planes nearly collide at Sydney Airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/planes-nearly-collide-at-sydney-airport",
        "published": "2026-08-08T23:40:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Planes nearly collide at Sydney Airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/planes-nearly-collide-at-sydney-airport-328900",
        "published": "2026-08-08T23:40:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Planes in tarmac near miss at Sydney Airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/planes-in-tarmac-near-miss-at-sydney-airport",
        "published": "2026-08-09T00:28:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Australia news live: near miss for Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes taxiing at Sydney airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/australia-news-live-near-miss-for-jetstar-and-qatar-airways-planes",
        "published": "2026-08-09T00:45:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SBS News",
        "title": "Planes narrowly avoid runway collision as delays continue at Sydney Airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/planes-narrowly-avoid-runway-collision-as-delays-continue-at-sydney",
        "published": "2026-08-09T00:52:09.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}