A behind-the-scenes look at the team that operate the Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, one of the busiest airports in the Southern Hemisphere.
6/1/2023
The staff feel the pressure as they have to process 900 plane movements around a noise curfew; duty manager George finds a suspicious package; rookie Mel deals with two medical emergencies less than an hour apart.
6/8/2023
A bolt of lightning strikes an incoming international flight, and the passengers get impatient waiting for engineers to assess the damage; a plane arrives with a potentially dangerous liquid leaking from its cargo.
6/15/2023
An emergency training exercise is stopped by a real emergency, when an explosion goes off inside a passenger terminal.
6/22/2023
Torrential rain closes two runways as an incoming flight deals with an onboard medical emergency; a fire training drill turns into a real emergency.
6/29/2023
Sydney Airport is on high alert for the arrival of the Prime Minister of Singapore, and Duty Manager Mel's favourite pop star; security searches for a woman reported to have collapsed on the street.
7/6/2023
It's sniffer dog Warner's first day, and he has to deal with some nerves. Security test their screening team by trying to smuggle a fake bomb.
7/13/2023
Duty manager George deals with security breaches, an air ambulance emergency, drugs being found in an unattended bag, and an irate passenger, all in one Friday.
7/20/2023
Sydney Airport's Baggage Manager Kevin is having a day from hell as he trouble-shoots a number of mechanical breakdowns that could bring operations to a standstill. Meanwhile, security screening discovers a passenger travelling with a gun and the Federal Police investigate a suspicious bag left at the terminal entrance.
7/27/2023
Looks at the never-ending maintenance work for the airport, including changing a wind sock, repairing a stuck airbridge, and putting out a potentially catastrophic fire.
8/3/2023
The busy Christmas Season brings extra challenges with families escaping Sydney on vacation. But the airport is thrown into jeopardy of a shutdown with the discovery of an unidentified white powder on board an incoming flight. Speculation mounts about whether the powder is harmless, or the deadly terror weapon anthrax.
