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Two planes carrying more than 200 passengers each narrowly missed an active construction site by just a few feet after taking off on a shortened runway at Melbourne Airport

On Sept. 7, 2023, a Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330 “overran” the runway while taking off from Melbourne Airport for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, passing work vehicles by just seven feet. 11 days later, a Bamboo Airways Boeing 787 overran the same runway again as it departed from the airport on its way to Hanoi, Vietnam

"Both times jet blast impacted the works area where personnel and equipment were present," the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said. No one was physically injured in either incident, though one worker did suffer a stress-related injury in the second incident, according to reports

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