Two workers temporarily stood down after near-miss collision at Sydney airport

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The federal transport minister is calling a crisis meeting after two near-misses within a fortnight at Sydney Airport.

The federal transport minister is calling a crisis meeting after two near-misses within a fortnight at Sydney Airport.

There have been days of delays at Australia’s biggest airport and two near misses within a fortnight after planes were given contradictory instructions by air traffic controllers.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau's Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell says pilots who avoided a near miss at Sydney Airport on Sunday morning "prevented what could have been far more serious".

Officials says both aircraft stopped abruptly and a cabin crew member aboard the A320 was injured

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.

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

The Jetstar plane was taxiing for takeoff to Queensland ​state's Gold Coast when its flight crew saw the ​Qatar Airways plane.

"Both aircraft were stopped abruptly," the transport safety bureau said in a statement.

Australia probes near-miss collision of two planes on tarmac at Sydney airport  Reuters

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 aircraft, disrupted operations at Sydney Airport.

A shortage of Air Traffic Control staff has been named as the issue behind the weekend's significant flight delays.

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