Go-around flap jam resulted in diverted 737’s landing below minimum fuel threshold

Jettime 737-800-c-Anna Zvereva Creative Commons

Source: Anna Zvereva/Creative Commons

Danish investigators have determined that the additional fuel consumption arising from stuck flaps resulted in a diverted Boeing 737-800’s landing at Copenhagen with less than the required minimum fuel reserve.

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