Jetstar and Qatar planes involved in near-miss at Sydney Airport: Cabin crew member injured

A Jetstar and Qatar plane have been involved in a near-miss while taxiing on the runway at Sydney Airport.

The two planes nearly collided at about 7am on Sunday, with the aircraft forced to brake.

Unsettling footage from inside the Jetstar plane showed the pilot announcing a cabin crew member had been injured while demonstrating safety protocol.

‘With the sudden stop we have had a situation where one of our cabin crew has been injured,’ he said.

The pilot was heard saying the aircraft would return to the bay.

‘The situation there is that they said they didn’t follow instructions, we were told to hold short and we were focused on crossing a runway, so only by chance that at the last minute we were able to stop,’ he said. 

One hundred and eighty passengers were onboard the Jetstar flight that was bound for the Gold Coast.

The Qatar plane was empty and being towed at the time. 

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