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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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summary What happened On 12 November 2025, at around 2030 local time, the pilot of a Sharp Airlines Fairchild Industries SA227-DC, registered VH-HPE and using callsign `Sharp 161', was preparing to conduct a scheduled freight operation from Mackay Airport to
Open final report at PDF page 3Runway incursion and near collision involving Fairchild SA227-DC, VH-HPE, and an airport safety vehicle, at Mackay Airport, Queensland, on 12 November 2025

Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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actions................................................................................... 21 Sharp Airlines hazard identification 21 Mackay Airport electronic device usage 22 Safety action not associated with an identified safety issue 22 General details .......................
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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ATSB - AO-2025-067 The occurrence On 12 November 2025, the pilot of a Sharp Airlines Fairchild Industries SA227-DC, registered VH-HPE and operating as `Sharp 161', was preparing to conduct a scheduled freight flight from Mackay Airport to Brisbane Airport
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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the potential for ground shielding to result in poor-quality radio transmission with Sharp Airlines throughout the course of the investigation. In November 2025, during a discussion with the safety manager and a senior maintainer, the maintainer advised that it was
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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risk, no further mitigation or treatment was deemed necessary. Following the incident, Sharp Airlines updated its risk register associated with non-controlled aerodromes to include several additional previously-unidentified hazards. However, although the operator had asse
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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Introduction This analysis will discuss the readability of the radio broadcasts from the Sharp Airlines Fairchild Industries SA227 and why neither the pilot or the driver of the safety vehicle heard each other's transmissions or saw each other, prior to
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