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| Date: | Tuesday 2 April 2019 |
| Time: | 20:35 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-341 |
| Owner/operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GPF |
| MSN: | 153 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 768-60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 338 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | 104nm east of Colombo -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Banda Aceh-Sultan Iskandarmuda Airport (BTJ/WITT) |
| Jeddah-King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED/OEJN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Garuda Indonesia flight GA972 diverted to Colombo, Sri Lanka due to a cabin pressure problem. The aircraft had departed Banda Aceh, Indonesia on a flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. While en route over Sri Lanka at FL380, the flight crew initiated an emergency descent. A safe landing was carried out at Colombo soon after.
Sources:
https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/04/03/garuda-makes-emergency-landing-in-colombo-due-to-low-cabin-pressure.html
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/pk-gpf#20046e2f
https://www.caa.lk/en/data-analysis/aviation-safety-monitoring-unit-statistics#aircraft-serious-incidents-in-sri-lanka
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2019 11:18 | harro | Added |
| 03-Apr-2019 11:20 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, ] |
| 17-Jan-2022 17:48 | Prometheus | Updated [Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2022 18:11 | Prometheus | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 10-Feb-2025 07:09 | Prometheus | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Category, ] |
| 07-Mar-2025 06:32 | Prometheus | Updated |
| 07-Mar-2025 06:32 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
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