Srilankan A320 at Seychelles on Dec 17th 2022, runway excursion

Last Update: January 6, 2023 / 18:14:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UL-707

Aircraft Registration
4R-ABN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport ICAO Code
FSIA

A Srilankan Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration 4R-ABN performing flight UL-707 from Colombo (Sri Lanka) to Seychelles (Seychelles), landed on Seychelles's runway 31 at 05:10L (01:10Z), but drifted to the right hand side and went around. The aircraft landed on runway 31 about 15 minutes after the balked landing.

Sri Lanka's AIB rated the occurrence an incident and opened an investigation stating the aircraft had drifted to the right hand side of the runway and rating the occurrence a runway excursion.

Metars:
FSIA 170300Z 28015G27KT 240V320 9999 -SHRA FEW010 FEW016CB 27/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
FSIA 170228Z 28014KT 250V310 9999 FEW010 FEW016CB 25/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
FSIA 170200Z 27015G28KT 220V310 8000 -SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB BKN018 25/22 Q1008 RESHRA TEMPO 5000 SHRA=
FSIA 170135Z 28013G24KT 230V330 5000 +SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB BKN018 24/22 Q1008 TEMPO 3000=
FSIA 170100Z 30013G24KT 270V330 8000 SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB BKN018 25/23 Q1008 TEMPO 5000=
FSIA 170000Z 26014KT 200V310 9999 -SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB BKN018 26/23 Q1006 TEMPO 8000 SHRA=
FSIA 162300Z 27015G27KT 230V310 9999 -SHRA FEW008 FEW014CB BKN016 26/23 Q1006 TEMPO 8000 SHRA=
FSIA 162200Z 26010KT 220V300 9999 -SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB BKN018 27/23 Q1007 TEMPO 8000 SHRA=
FSIA 162128Z 26015G25KT 220V310 9999 -SHRA FEW010 FEW015CB BKN018 27/23 Q1007 RESHRA WS R31 TEMPO 8000 SHRA=
FSIA 162100Z 26014G24KT 220V300 8000 SHRA FEW010 FEW014CB BKN018 26/23 Q1007 WS R31 TEMPO 5000=
FSIA 162025Z 24018G32KT 210V290 8000 SHRA FEW010 FEW014CB SCT018 25/22 Q1008 TEMPO 5000=
FSIA 162000Z 25008KT 210V320 9999 -SHRA FEW016CB SCT020 27/23 Q1008 NOSIG=
FSIA 161900Z VRB03G14KT 9999 -SHRA FEW008 FEW014CB BKN016 26/23 Q1009 RESHRA TEMPO 8000 SHRA=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 17, 2022

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UL-707

Aircraft Registration
4R-ABN

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport ICAO Code
FSIA

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