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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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stationary at an adjacent runway holding point, with the intention to conduct a routine runway inspection after the preceding aircraft to Sharp 161 had departed. While both the pilot and the driver of the car made radio broadcasts, neither heard
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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(Figure 1). The driver of Car 1 advised that their intention was to conduct a routine runway inspection once aircraft 2 departed. The driver did not recall seeing aircraft 2 take-off but advised that they heard their departure call. The
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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Airport safety officers (ASO's) were issued with iPads to enable completion of required runway inspection forms in the Airside Tracker application. The application login screen required the user to accept the conditions of its use, one of which included not
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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ASO was also monitoring, were readable. The evidence showed that the ASO opened the runway inspection form 1 second prior to the lining up call made on the Brisbane Centre frequency. While they could not specifically recall doing so on
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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procedures Mackay Airport provided iPads to ASOs and required that they were used to complete runway inspection forms. They advised that the iPads were also to assist with aircraft movement awareness. Despite their intended operational benefit, the airport had not
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Sharp Airlines 161: runway near collision at Mackay

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contacted Mackay Tower air traffic control (ATC) to request a clearance to enter the airport runway for a routine runway and lighting inspection. Mackay Tower cleared Car 2 to enter runway 14 and runway 05. Car 2 entered runway 14
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