Inside Sydney Airport takes viewers behind the scenes at one of the busiest airports in the Southern Hemisphere. Positioned on Botany Bay, the gateway to the Pacific Ocean, up to 180,000 people enter the airport precinct every day. Volatile weather patterns, security breaches, technical issues, and the human element place pressure on keeping the 900 flights safely on schedule.
Lightning has struck an incoming international flight. Engineers assess the damage, as passengers become increasingly impatient. High winds lead to runway closures, adding pressure to flight schedules. Another plane arrives with potentially dangerous liquid leaking from its cargo. 3 ground crew who came in contact are quarantined until fire services can identify the liquid.
Operating under a noise curfew between 0600-2300 hours, the pressure is on at Sydney Airport to complete 900 plane movements in a day. Duty Manager George is confronted by a suspicious package. Meanwhile Rookie Mel suddenly has 2 medical emergencies in the space of an hour. And a freight handling crew have a problem with loading a bulging cargo pod.
With all the emergency agencies involved in a simulated plane crash exercise, real problems place airport operations in jeopardy. Dangerous winds close 2 runways, followed by an electrical outage that blanks flight information boards. The worst case scenario becomes a real prospect when the alarm is raised from an explosion inside a passenger terminal.
Fresh from nine months training at the Border Force Academy, Labrador Warner faces his first day on the job as a drug sniffer. Security managers test their screening teams by trying to smuggle a fake bomb past them. Annie faces her moment of truth. Will she pass the test and become a qualified Screening Officer?
Torrential rain closes two runways as an incoming flight deals with a life or death situation. A fire training exercise turns into the real thing.
Airport Security is on high alert as a World Leader arrives, meanwhile Duty Managers try to track down a woman who reportedly collapsed on the street.
Security breaches, an air ambulance emergency, drugs found in an unattended bag and an angry passenger add up to a busy Friday for Duty Manager George.
The work never stops in this mini-city for maintenance, safety and emergency responders. A fire on an airbridge could have catastrophic consequences.
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