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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Planes narrowly avoided collision at Melbourne airport after runway shortened, report finds

Two passenger planes nearly collided with construction workers and vehicles at the Melbourne airport in 2023 in two separate incidents as the staff were not aware that the runway had been temporarily shortened, a report concluded.

The pilots of two international airlines were not aware that the length of a particular runway had been temporarily shortened by over 1500m to allow for night-time resurfacing works, an Australian body for transport safety found.

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