Sydney air traffic controllers raise collision risk concerns

Sydney air traffic controllers have raised serious safety concerns with federal regulators about airspace redesign changes implemented for the new Western Sydney International airport, warning of inadequate training and minimal confidence in handling the new rules. A whistleblower complaint to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau compared the situation to conditions preceding a fatal 1996 Washington DC collision that killed 67 people. The federal government was notified of these grave collision risk concerns in a confidential report.