Inside Sydney Airport

Holiday Surge. The busy Christmas season picks up, with thousands of families going on holiday, but the airport is shut down when an unidentified white powder is discovered.

Maintenance. 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.

Baggage. The airport comes to a standstill as bag manager Kevin deals with three bag system breakdowns, and security traces a man travelling with firearms.

Interrupted Journeys. With weekend vacationers and commuters returning home, Friday is always a busy day at the airport. More passengers means more problems, keeping the Duty Managers on high alert.

Training. 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.

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.

Rain. Torrential rain closes two runways as an incoming flight deals with an onboard medical emergency; a fire training drill turns into a real emergency.

Emergency Exercise. A training exercise is stopped by a real emergency, when an explosion goes off inside a passenger terminal.

Lightning Strike and Water Hazmat. 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.

The staff feel the pressure as they have to process 900 plane movements around a noise curfew and duty manager George finds a suspicious package.