ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 310170
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| Date: | Friday 7 April 2023 |
| Time: | 04:25 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALH |
| MSN: | 627 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 204 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | over southern India -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
| Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL225, an Airbus A330-243, suffered cracks in one of the cockpit windshield panes. The flight crew elected to return to Colombo, where it landed 70 minutes after takeoff.
Sources:
https://english.newsfirst.lk/2023/4/8/srilankan-airlines-flight-carries-out-emergency-landing-at-bia
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/4r-alh#2fd0bc32
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 2014 | 4R-ALH | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | 80nm East of Kochi | |
min |
| Windscreen cracks or failure | ||||||
| 21 April 2023 | 4R-ALH | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | near Colombo |  |
non |
| Loss of pressurization | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2023 09:28 | harro | Added |
| 30-Apr-2023 07:02 | Prometheus | Updated |
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