Sydney airport incident involving Virgin and Qantas flights didn’t have to be reported, Airservices Australia says

Airservices boss says planes remained 1km apart so runway incursion ‘didn’t meet mandatory reporting requirements’ but safety bureau is ‘concerned’ The organisation that manages Australian skies has defended its decision not to immediately report a fresh safety incident at Sydney airport when a Virgin plane aborted its

A third safety issue on the tarmac at Sydney Airport in recent weeks prompted the nation's air safety boss question why investigators were not notified for four days about another incident on Sunday.

A safety investigation is underway into a third near-collision incident in as many weeks at Sydney airport.

Investigators are probing the third safety incident at Sydney Airport in less than three weeks after a Virgin plane was forced to abort take-off when it discovered a Qantas plane on its runway.

The incident, also involving a Qantas 737, is the third such occurrence in Sydney airport in under three weeks, with links to air traffic control.

The incident, also involving a Qantas 737, is the third such occurrence in Sydney airport in under three weeks, with links to air traffic control.

The SMR-4 replaces 30-year-old equipment and allows controllers to track aircraft and vehicles in all weather conditions.