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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