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  "id": 673627,
  "title": "What’s behind Sydney airport’s heavy delays and near-miss incident?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/whats-behind-sydney-airports-heavy-delays-and-near-miss-incident",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:00:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/13/whats-behind-sydney-airports-heavy-delays-and-near-miss-incident"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Air traffic controllers are short-staffed and exhausted – and new recruits face a difficult aptitude test and must train in Melbourne Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Travellers flying in and out of Sydney airport had already been dealing with heavy delays even before a Jetstar plane narrowly avoided colliding with a Qatar Airways plane on the tarmac early on Sunday.…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Camera bungle forces curb on flights to Sydney’s new airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/camera-bungle-forces-curb-on-flights-to-sydneys-new-airport-694246",
        "published": "2026-08-12T19:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Camera bungle forces curb on flights to Sydney’s new airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/camera-bungle-forces-curb-on-flights-to-sydneys-new-airport",
        "published": "2026-08-12T19:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}