During night operations at Melbourne Airport in September 2023, crews of a Malaysia Airlines A330 (247 on board) and a Bamboo Airways 787 (212 on board) failed to recognise runway 34 had been temporarily shortened by 1,500m for resurfacing, each lifting off just metres above an active works site.
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Two wide‑body departures passed within metres of an active works site: the Malaysia A330 (247 onboard) passed about 7 metres above work vehicles on 7 September 2023; the Bamboo 787 (212 onboard) passed less than 5 metres overhead 11 days later — runway 34 had been shortened by 1,500m for night resurfacing.
The events highlight how temporary infrastructure changes and crew/ATC awareness gaps can create immediate collision or excursion risk; similar operational disruption forced an aborted takeoff at LAX after a cargo 777 crossed the active runway.
These near‑misses underscore the severe end‑state risk of runway incidents — from runway excursions to fatalities — seen in other recent episodes where aircraft skidded off a runway into the sea and where crews lined up for the wrong runway at Nice, reinforcing the need to tighten procedures for temporary runway changes.
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