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| Date: | Sunday 5 February 2012 |
| Time: | 11:13 |
| Type: |  Airbus A340-313 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ADG |
| MSN: | 381 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | CFM56-5C4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 260 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft started its takeoff from a runway intersection for which no regulated takeoff weight chart was available in the aircraft. The pilots calculated performance using a chart for a different runway which did not consider obstacles relevant to the runway in use. The takeoff and subsequent flight were completed without further incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.caa.lk/images/pdf/past_acciden_incident_reports/14_final_report_on_sla_incident_a340_4r_adg.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2016 19:16 | harro | Added |
| 19-Dec-2016 18:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 07:08 | Prometheus | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, ] |
| 02-Mar-2022 07:27 | harro | Updated |
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