Srilankan A333 near Colombo on May 6th 2019, hydraulic failure
Last Update: May 7, 2019 / 21:09:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Srilankan Airlines
Flight number
UL-503
Departure
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
4R-ALQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
A replacement A330-300 registration 4R-ALR reached London with a delay of about 11.5 hours.
A passenger reported the captain announced about one hour into the flight that the aircraft would be returning to Colombo due to a hydraulic failure.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service the following day performing the next day's flight UL-503.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hydraulic failure
Airline
Srilankan Airlines
Flight number
UL-503
Departure
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
4R-ALQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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