Safety
To address wake turbulence, Australian airport changes parallel runway procedures
Australia’s Sydney International Airport has modified its parallel runway operating procedures as a result of a November 2008 incident in which the crew of

Australia’s Sydney International Airport has modified its parallel runway operating procedures as a result of a November 2008 incident in which the crew of a Saab 340B lost control on approach while it was trailing an Airbus A380 landing on a parallel runway.

Controllers are now required to provide wake turbulence separation when a “super-wake-turbulence- category aircraft” and an aircraft with an mtow of less than 55,000 pounds are approaching parallel runways.

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