Boarding-pass search fails to prevent wrong-airport landing in Sydney

Julie Lundmark says she checked the airport name before traveling, but arrived in western Sydney with her car waiting at Kingsford Smith.

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Julie Lundmark had searched the airport name on her boarding pass before flying. She still landed somewhere she did not recognize, with her car parked at Sydney's other airport.

Speaking outside the newly opened Western Sydney International Airport in a report from Australia's 9 News Australia, Lundmark explains that she had flown from Melbourne after visiting friends. Only after arriving did she realize where she was.

"And we had no idea that they had several airports here in Sydney. So now we are stuck," she says.

Lundmark says her earlier online search had pointed her toward the established Sydney Airport because the new airport was not yet open. The two are in different parts of the metropolitan area: Western Sydney International is west of the city center, while Kingsford Smith is in Mascot, to the south. She estimates getting back to their car will take two hours.

The reporter suggests she might be the first passenger to make this mistake, though the interview does not establish that. The immediate problem is less ceremonial: finding a ride.

Then Lundmark spots her friend approaching. "My friend is here with our coffee," she says, while they continue arranging transport back to the car.

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The facts

Channel: 9 News Australia
Subscribers: 1,900,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 11,856,917
Channel views, pace per day: 1,407,183 (on a normal day: 1,623,778)
Video published: October 26, 2026
Video views so far: 114,575 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 112,387

The numbers

The interview drew about 112,000 views since yesterday, making it Australia's most-watched new news Short over that period among the leading news channels.

subscribers

1,900,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,703,504,600

views per day

1,407,183

typical day: 1,623,778

the video

views

114,575

likes