Qantas 737 And Jetstar A320 In Dangerous Midnight Runway Mix-up

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The ATSB has launched an investigation after a Qantas 737 was in the process of leaving Darwin Airport at the same time as a Jetstar A320 was preparing to land on the same runway.

The incident significantly occurred at 12:17 am on Wednesday when the air traffic control tower was closed.

Images from Flightradar24, above, appear to show the outbound aircraft taking a significant detour from its usual route to avoid a collision.

In a statement released on Friday, the ATSB said it would examine “all available evidence” to determine the extent of the communication between the two narrowbody passenger planes.

“A final report will be released at the conclusion of the investigation,” it said. “Should a critical safety issue be identified during the course of the investigation, the ATSB will immediately notify relevant partie so that appropriate safety action can be taken.”

The statement is yet to clarify exactly how far into the take-off the Qantas 737 was, but it did state the incident is considered an “aircraft separation issue”. Flightradar24 lists the outbound aircraft’s actual time of departure as 12:47 am and the inbound plane’s landing time as 12:59 am.

It comes just a month after ऑस्ट्रेलियाई विमानन ने सूचना दी how the ATSB would monitor the introduction of new take-off procedures at Sydney Airport after a British Airways 787 and Qantas A330 flew too close to each other in September last year.

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इस घटना में देखा गया कि बोइंग विमान की टक्कर टालने की प्रणाली इसके पहले अधिकारी द्वारा एयरबस को देखे जाने से पहले सक्रिय हो गई थी।

A report into the loss of separation occurrence’ revealed how an unusual set of circumstances led to the mix-up, including that the traditionally longer-haul A330-200 was operating a domestic flight meaning it had a higher climb performance.

एटीएसबी के परिवहन सुरक्षा के निदेशक, स्टुअर्ट मैकलियोड ने कहा, "सिडनी जैसे उच्च ट्रैफिक टर्मिनल क्षेत्रों में अलगाव बनाए रखने के लिए आवश्यक है कि दोनों नियंत्रक और उड़ान चालक दल सतर्क रहें, खुला संचार बनाए रखें, और जोखिम को कम करने के लिए उपलब्ध सिस्टम और उपकरणों का उपयोग करें। त्रुटियों का।

"जब अनुक्रमण प्रस्थान करता है, तो नियंत्रकों को कई कारकों पर विचार करना चाहिए, जिसमें उड़ान अवधि (और संबंधित ईंधन भार) विमान चढ़ाई प्रदर्शन को प्रभावित करेगा।"