Srilankan A333 at Colombo on Jun 28th 2023, could not retract landing gear
Last Update: July 21, 2023 / 19:41:44 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Jun 28, 2023                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Srilankan Airlines                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            UL-454                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Colombo, Sri Lanka                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Tokyo Narita, Japan                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            4R-ALR                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A330-300                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A333                            
                        
                    
                    
                
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 23 hours then returned to service.
On Jul 21st 2023 Sri Lanka's AIB reported they rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation due to a gear retraction fault and gear R-lengthening fault.
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Jun 28, 2023                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Srilankan Airlines                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            UL-454                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Colombo, Sri Lanka                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Tokyo Narita, Japan                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            4R-ALR                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Airbus                            A330-300                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            A333                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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