The crew of the SAS plane that was forced to turn around on the journey from Arlanda to Miami is praised by the Danish Accident Investigation Board. "The decision-making stopped the incident from escalating," writes the Accident Investigation Board's Carsten Trige Pedersen to TT.

The Danish Accident Investigation Board (AIB) has completed its investigation into the incident on November 14, when a SAS plane was forced to turn around halfway to Miami due to severe turbulence over Greenland. As eyewitness accounts have claimed, AIB confirms that one of the engines was shut down.

”"After a short while, at a suitable flight level, the crew successfully restarted the affected engine," AIB investigator Carsten Trige Pedersen writes to TT.

”The aircraft's safety systems combined with the crew's handling and decision-making stopped the incident from escalating.”

AIB will not proceed with any further investigations.

The incident was investigated in Denmark because it occurred over Greenland, which is Danish territory.

SAS has previously stated that the more than 250 passengers on board were never in danger.

Source: TT