ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276307
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| Date: | 09-JAN-2008 |
| Time: | 14:16 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A340-312 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ADF |
| MSN: | 374 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 290 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A SriLankan Airlines A340 as flight UL554 from Frankfurt to Colombo had to cancel the flight after the pushback truck started too early before the passenger bridge was removed. The bridge ruptured the fuselage on a length of reportedly 14 meters.
Sources:
https://caa.lk/images/pdf/annual_report/caa_annual_report_2008.pdf
BFU AX001-0/08
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2022 19:46 | Prometheus | Added |
| 08-Mar-2022 19:48 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Damage] |
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