Incident to the Airbus A320 registered VH-VQS and the Beech 76 registered VH-EWL on 15/01/2016 at Ballina [Investigation led by ATSB / Australia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Australian authorities:

The Airbus A320 commenced take-off while the Beech Aircraft 76 was on final approach for a practiced missed approach.

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General information
Local date	14/01/2016
Responsible entity	Australia - ATSB
State or area of occurrence	Australia
Location	Proche AD Ballina
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2016-0046

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane
Operator	Australia - Jetstar Airways Pty. Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	VH-VQS
State of registry	Australia
Last departure point	Australia - YBNA (BNK) : Ballina
Planned destination	Australia - YMML (MEL) : Melbourne
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	2515
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.