Investigation launched after 'near collision' between two passenger aircraft at Sydney Airport

File image of a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 Sydney International Airport Alamy Australia A crew member was injured in the ‘near collision’. SAFETY REGULATORS HAVE launched an investigation 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) said a Jetstar Airbus A320 was taxiing for a flight to the Gold Coast on Sunday morning when its crew “observed a Qatar Airways Boeing 777, under tow from an aircraft tug, in close proximity on a crossing taxiway”. “A cabin crew member aboard the [Jetstar] A320 was injur