Very near miss at Sydney Airport
The Daily Telegraph reports that a passenger jet was involved in a near miss with a freight aircraft landing in Sydney yesterday morning, the closest shave one airport worker said he had seen in 20 years.
Radio station 2GB is reporting the FedEx cargo plane was well into its approach into the north-south runway at about 7am before it was diverted away from the passenger jet preparing to take off.
“The FedEx aircraft was told to go around because in its path was a passenger aircraft waiting to take off,†witnesses told presenter Ray Hadley.
“An eyewitness who has worked at the airport for almost 20 years told me he had never seen anything closer than a collision,†Mr Hadley said.
The Sydney Airports Corporation refused to comment on the incident.
Air Services Australia denied the incident took place.
“We have absolutely no report of a conflict at all,†a spokeswoman told The Daily Telegraph Online.
“We have checked with our national operations centre with the terminal control and there have been no reports of any conflict at the airport.”
FedEx commenced operations in Australia in 1989 and is a global air and ground cargo transportation company.
The Daily Telegraph Online is contacting FedEx for comment.
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