SriLankan A333 at Kochi on May 27th 2018, temporary runway excursion on landing

Last Update: May 27, 2018 / 21:36:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 27, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UL-167

Destination
Kochi, India

Aircraft Registration
4R-ALR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A SriLankan Airbus A330-300, registration 4R-ALR performing flight UL-167 from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Kochi (India) with 227 passengers and 12 crew, landed on Kochi's runway 27 at about 15:29L (09:59Z) however contacted and damaged two runway lights. The aircraft taxied to the apron without further incident.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Kochi about 8 hours after landing.

The airline reported the aircraft veered towards the runway edge and damaged two runway edge lights while landing in Kochi in adverse weather conditions, strong winds and heavy rain. The aircraft was examined, there was no damage.

India's press agency ANI reported the aircraft contacted the runway lights during departure for the return flight UL-168, one of the wheels of the aircraft was damaged, the agency does not state whether takeoff was rejected or the aircraft returned to Kochi. There is no evidence that the aircraft departed the gate in Kochi for flight UL-168, the estimated time of gate departure was postponed several times. A number of India's media report the occurrence was on landing, too, other media follow the ANI report.

Metars:
VOCI 271200Z 09006KT 3000 DZ SCT012 BKN080 26/25 Q1003 NOSIG=
VOCI 271130Z 09006KT 3000 -RA SCT012 FEW025CB BKN080 26/25 Q1003 NOSIG=
VOCI 271100Z 10002KT 3000 -TSRA FEW010 SCT015 FEW025CB BKN080 26/25 Q1003 TEMPO 2000 TSRA=
VOCI 271030Z 18006KT 3000 -RA FEW010 SCT015 FEW025CB BKN080 26/25 Q1002 NOSIG=
VOCI 271000Z 15008KT 1500 TSRA FEW006 FEW025CB BKN080 27/26 Q1002 TEMPO 2000 TSRA=
VOCI 270930Z 18009KT 5000 HZ SCT015 SCT020 FEW025CB 31/26 Q1002 TEMPO 3000 TSRA=
VOCI 270900Z 18007KT 6000 SCT015 SCT020 33/25 Q1002 NOSIG=
VOCI 270830Z 20005KT 6000 SCT015 SCT020 33/26 Q1002 NOSIG=
VOCI 270800Z 18005KT 6000 FEW015 SCT020 33/26 Q1003 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 27, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UL-167

Destination
Kochi, India

Aircraft Registration
4R-ALR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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