Aviation authorities are investigating an aborted landing at Albury Airport after a light aircraft turned in front of a passenger plane.
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The Virgin plane, which left Sydney at 9.45am on Saturday, had been preparing to touch down.
The crew received an alert and saw a small Piper light aircraft turn in front of their aircraft.
Flight data shows the plane had almost landed when it was forced to increase altitude.
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The aircraft continued to travel for several kilometres, looped around, and landed safely.
The incident caused the flight to land 26 minutes late.
A spokesman for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the incident, known as a "loss of separation" between the two aeroplanes, was being investigated.
A report will be published in coming weeks.
