Squiz Shortcuts: The near-misses at Sydney Airport

In the past month, there have been 3 incidents at Sydney Airport, where planes came close to colliding on the ground. They followed days of mass delays and cancellations at our nation’s busiest airport, which authorities say were caused by air traffic control staff shortages. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll look at what happened in the 3 close shaves, what the key players involved have had to say about it, and what’s being done to stop it from happening again.

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Reading: ⁠This piece⁠ by the ABC’s 7.30 on concerns about air traffic controller shortages and what role the pandemic played…

Reading: ⁠This article⁠ from Senior Lecturer in Aviation Dr Ugur Turhan who works at UNSW Canberra’s new Air Traffic Control Lab about what the future of air traffic control looks like…

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