C34/​1997L In­cor­rect Fuel Cal­cu­la­tion of a Ger­man Air­craft Re­quired Spe­cial Traf­fic Arrange­ments at Helsinki-Van­taa Air­port

22.02.1999

A scheduled flight of Lufthansa Cityline from Munich to Helsinki asked for traffic priority and requested runway 04 for landing instead of runway 22, which was currently in use. The reason for the request was low fuel. However, the fuel quantity actually meant was that required for proceeding to an alternate aerodrome (alternate fuel) and for holding (final reserve fuel). The aircraft was assigned runway 15 for landing. Because of a misunderstanding, ATC filed an incident report.

The Finnish Accident Investigation Board decided to investigate the case. The task was assigned to airline pilot Mr. Martin Blomqvist and flight instructor Mr. Tarmo Kulmala.