SAS Iced en Route

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What: SAS Scandinavian Canadair CRJ-900 en route from Copenhagen Denmark to Helsinki Finland
Where: Copenhagen
When: Dec 28th 2009
Who: not available
Why: While en route, the pilot determined that deicing had failed. (Prior to taking off in icy weather, planes are treated with icing retardant. One can presume that the plane was icing over in spite of the de-icing procedure.) Also, conditions in Helsinki were a factor.

At the time of this posting, these are the weather conditions in Helsinki:

TAF – Terminal Area Forecast
Updated at 10:50 PM GMT on December 28, 2009 (12:50 AM EET):
TAF EFHK 282035Z 2821/2921 15009KT 9999 SCT008 BKN013
TEMPO 2821/2906 BKN008
TEMPO 2909/2921 2000 SN BKN003=
Decoded:
ID: EFHK Helsinki/Vantaa, FI
REPORT TIME: 28 20:35
VALID TIME: 28 December AT 21:00Z to 29 December AT 21:00Z.
INITIAL WX
WINDS: 150 AT 9
CLOUDS: 8 SCT
CLOUDS: 13 BKN
TEMPORARY WX FROM 21Z TO 06Z
CLOUDS: 8 BKN
TEMPORARY WX FROM 09Z TO 21Z
VISIBILITY: 1.2 MILES
WEATHER: SN
CLOUDS: 3 BKN