Sep 2, 2026 – 5.00amThe head of the country’s aviation safety authority says a run of six incidents at Sydney Airport in the past month suggests that there is a systemic problem with air traffic control, and has warned that ignoring multiple issues on the runway often leads to more serious incidents and potentially fatal accidents.Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Angus Mitchell said he had “not seen a sequence of events like this in the past”, following a series of incidents where two aircraft were cleared to be on the same parts of the tarmac at the country’s busiest airport at the same time.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Safety chief warns potential for Sydney Airport disaster ‘very real’
The chief executive of the independent air safety investigator said he had “not seen a sequence of events like this” after six incidents over four weeks.
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