Terrifying near miss between Singapore Airlines flight, passenger plane at Sydney airport

Two planes passed alarmingly close to each other after its crew misheard an air traffic control instruction during landing at the busy Sydney Airport.

Two planes passed alarmingly close to each other after its crew misheard an air traffic control instruction during landing at the busy Sydney Airport, the Independent reported. The incident happened on February 9 when a Singapore Airlines flight was preparing to land at Sydney Airport in windy weather. An investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) found that the air traffic control had advised the pilots of the Airbus A380 jet to turn right but they went left.