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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n A Qantas flight was cleared to cross a runway at Sydney Airport in front of another of the airline\u2019s flights that had just come in to land in a near miss now being investigated by aviation authorities.<\/p>\n Investigators are gathering evidence regarding the breakdown of co-ordination involving a regional Qantas flight arriving from Canberra and another Qantas flight from New Zealand just before 8.15am last Monday, July 27.<\/p>\n No one was injured but the Australian Transport Safety Bureau considers the breakdown of co-ordination a serious incident.<\/p>\n The Boeing 737 arriving from Queenstown was cleared to cross the runway while the Bombardier DHC-8 from Canberra was in the runway\u2019s landing roll, the ATSB said in a summary of the incident.<\/p>\n \u201c[Air traffic control] detected the conflict and advised both crews, with the 737 stopping after the holding point,\u201d the bureau said.<\/p>\n Investigators are interviewing the parties involved and reviewing recorded data as the probe continues. It will notify them of any critical safety issues identified during the investigation, the bureau said.<\/p>\n A Qantas spokesperson said both the airline\u2019s planes had been cleared to proceed by air traffic control.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will support the ATSB in the investigation,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n Airservices Australia, which operates air traffic control at the airport, said it is also assisting the bureau\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n \u201cSafety is Airservices\u2019 top priority,\u201d a spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven the matter is currently under investigation, there is nothing further we can add at this stage.\u201d<\/p>\n Concerns over air traffic control at Sydney Airport emerged earlier this year after the cancellation of more than 50 flights on January 15 stranded about 10,000 passengers<\/a>, an issue attributed to staff on leave at short notice which prompted a meeting between airlines representatives and the boss of Airservices Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe recognise resilience remains below where it needs to be in some locations, particularly Sydney,\u201d an AirServices spokesperson said in a statement following that meeting.<\/p>\n Unplanned staffing shortages at Airservices Australia in Sydney also caused disruptions in September and November, prompting flight delays.<\/p>\n Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c51ca30a3dd66472f97cb3bb9a003a21ba689b3fae91319e0223b6f1343b927b.jpeg\")
The Boeing 737 (left) and the Bombardier DCH-8 involved in a breakdown of co-ordination at Sydney Airport now under investigation.YouTube\/@amyfoxtrot<\/p>\n![\"Qantas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3e91203348a61d2ce306ea67e393009e4e1b7425.jpeg\")
Qantas says the two flights were cleared by air traffic control.Wolter Peeters<\/p>\n![\"Jack](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7f32a709f91e1faa66bfacda80bb777543e07dcb3c4d95605354f4af55bc5de3.png\")
Jack Gramenz<\/a> is a breaking news reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 5, 2026 \u2014 6:49pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-844529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}