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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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frequency (CTAF) at the time. As the aircraft was taxiing, backtracking and lining up on runway 14, an airport safety vehicle, callsign `Car 1', had been stationary at an adjacent runway holding point, with the intention to conduct a routine
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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towards holding point Juliet, another scheduled aircraft (aircraft 2) backtracked on runway 142 and departed. 1 CTAF: a designated frequency on which pilots make positional broadcasts when operating in the vicinity of a non-controlled aerodrome 2 Runway number: the numb
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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the pilot made a broadcast on the CTAF advising they were entering and backtracking runway 14. Again, this broadcast was of poor quality and barely audible. While the pilot did state `Mackay' at the end of the broadcast, it was
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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minutes, including during the time that Sharp 161 taxied to, backtracked and lined up on runway 14. This holding point was 350 m from taxiway Juliet, on the same side of the runway (Figure 1). The driver of Car 1
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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Readability 2024:23 Brisbane Centre, Sharp 161 Sharp 161 on BNE COM 1 3-4 [unreadable] Mackay runway 14 Centre for Brisbane 2026:29 Traffic, 191 taxi runway 14 hold Sharp 161 on COM 2 3 short of Bravo [incorrect call sign Mackay
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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thunderstorms. Visual limitations Car 1 was at holding point Bravo, approximately 1.3 km from the runway 14 threshold (Figure 1). A 4-way road intersection is situated behind the threshold, and Mackay Airport personnel advised that aircraft lights may be confused
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