An aviation safety report has recommended changes to air traffic control systems after two planes flew dangerously close to each other near Melbourne.
The incident involved a small plane that left Essendon Airport and an Airbus passenger plane bound for Avalon, south-west of Melbourne.
The report found there was a breakdown in communication between three air traffic controllers, where one controller was not aware of the Airbus' flight path.
An alert was issued and the minimum separation distance of three nautical miles was not breached.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's (ATSB) Julian Walsh says extra measures are now in place to prevent future incidents.
"They've changed some of the symbology that appears on their radar display and also they've put in place some requirements for controllers to be alerted by supervisors on duty to make sure that controllers are aware whenever there's aircraft inbound to Avalon," he said.
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