B735, vicinity Billund Denmark, 1999

B735, vicinity Billund Denmark, 1999

Summary

On 3rd December 1999, a Boeing 737-500 being operated by Maersk Air on a scheduled passenger flight from Birmingham to Copenhagen made a successful diversion to Billund in conditions of poor weather across the whole of the destination area after a go around at the intended destination but but landed with less than Final Reserve Fuel.

Description

On 3rd December 1999, a Boeing 737-500 being operated by Maersk Air on a scheduled passenger flight from Birmingham to Copenhagen made a successful diversion to Billund after two approaches and an earlier unsucessful one at the intended destination but landed with less than Final Reserve Fuel having declared an emergency on that account. Windshear warnings during the second aproach were ignored because of the low fuel status.

Synopsis

The following extracts are taken from the official report of the Investigation carried out by the Danish AAIB:

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