Srilankan A21N over Bay of Bengal on Dec 2nd 2020, multiple system failures
Last Update: December 17, 2020 / 18:32:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 2, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Srilankan Airlines
Flight number
UL-190
Departure
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Destination
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Aircraft Registration
4R-AND
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
The aircraft was able to continue to Colombo as flight UL-190D the following day and arrived with a delay of 30 hours. The aircraft subsequently remained on the ground until Dec 10th 2020 before returning to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 2, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Srilankan Airlines
Flight number
UL-190
Departure
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Destination
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Aircraft Registration
4R-AND
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
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