Finnish investigators have highlighted the risks of rapid fleet expansion, following an extraordinary incident in which an inexperienced ATR crew’s botched landing attempt resulted in four missed approaches, several ground-proximity system alerts, and a stall warning.

In its inquiry into the Finncomm Airlines incident last year, the Finnish Accident Investigation Board has catalogued a series of deficiencies with the carrier’s organisation, at a time when it was broadening its regional network to serve as a feeder for Finnair.

The board states that the carrier had been unprepared for a rapid introduction of ATR turboprops and did not have the resources to cope.

Finncomm set up its own type-rating training organisation to overcome the difficulties of sourci

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