Serious incident Airbus A330-343 4R-ALR,
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Date:Wednesday 28 June 2023
Time:17:25 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic A333 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airbus A330-343
Owner/operator:SriLankan Airlines
Registration: 4R-ALR
MSN: 1689
Year of manufacture:2015
Engine model:Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:near Bandaranaike International Airport -   Sri Lanka
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI)
Destination airport:Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA)
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
SriLankan Airlines flight UL454, an Airbus A330-343, suffered a landing gear retraction fault after takeoff,
followed by landing gear R-lengthening fault.
The aircraft made a safe landing back at Bandaranaike Airport at 17:25 UTC, 2 hours and 36 minutes after takeoff.

Sources:

https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a330-registered-4r-alr-operated-by-srilankan-airlines-on-28-06-2023-at-bandaranaike/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ALK454/history/20230628/1430Z/VCBI/RJAA

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 May 2018 4R-ALR SriLankan Airlines 0 Cochin International Airport (COK/VOCI) non

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2023 17:03 harro Added
25-Jul-2023 05:50 Prometheus Updated
05-Apr-2024 13:33 harro Updated [Other fatalities]

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