{"id":34556,"date":"2026-08-09T13:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34556"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:14:39","slug":"jetstar-qatar-airways-planes-narrowly-avoid-collision-at-sydney-airport-1-crew-member-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34556","title":{"rendered":"Jetstar, Qatar Airways planes narrowly avoid collision at Sydney airport, 1 crew member injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>A Jetstar A320 and a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 narrowly avoided colliding \u200bon the tarmac at Sydney airport on Sunday, the \u200cAustralian Transport Safety Bureau was told, it said, as it began an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Jetstar plane was taxiing for takeoff to Queensland \u200bstate\u2019s Gold Coast when its flight crew saw the \u200bQatar Airways plane, which was being towed by an \u2060aircraft tug, very close on a crossing taxiway, the regulator \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth aircraft were stopped abruptly,\u201d the transport safety bureau said in \u200ba statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40258500\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 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