B6/2001L Serious Aircraft Incident in Turku Terminal Control Area, Finland, on 13 August 2001

On Monday 13 August 2001 at 16.09 Finnish local time (all times in the report are Finnish local time) a serious aircraft incident took place in Turku terminal control area, when a SAAB 2000 commercial transport aeroplane, call sign KFB 422, operated by Oy Air Botnia Ab, descended according to the air traffic control clearance through the level used by a SAAB SF340A commercial transport aeroplane, call sign KFB 411, operated by Oy Air Botnia Ab.

On Thursday 16 August 2001 the Accident Investigation Board decided to carry out an investigation and appointed a commission by decision B 6/2001 L. AIB specialist, air traffic controller Mr Erkki Rissanen was appointed as an investigator-in-charge and AIB specialists airline pilot Timo Uramaa and air traffic controller Ari Huhtala were appointed as members of the commission.

B6/2001L Report (pdf, 0.09 Mt)