The Jetstar airlines and its pilot have been blamed for the 2007 incident in which a Jetstar plane came within 11.5 metres of hitting the ground in a near miss at Melbourne Airport.

A report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau stated that the flight, carrying 138 passengers took off from Christchurch, but came within 38 feet of hitting the ground during an aborted landing attempt in heavy fog.

As the low visibility was realized, the pilot began the "go-around procedure" to make the aircraft climb up for a second landing attempt but did not properly move the thrust levers to the take-off position.

Various factors, including pilot error, problems with the flight computers and controls, the distraction of unexpected alarms, and untested changes of pilots' standard procedures, led to the complications.

No mechanical faults in the plane, responsible to cause the incident, have been reported.

"It appears that Jetstar has failed to comply with its own safety management system, which is part of its operations manual", Australian and International Pilots Association President Barry Jackson said.

As a result of the investigation, Jetstar has changed its aborted-landing procedures and reviewed its cockpit procedures to extremely clear points.