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| Date: | Saturday 9 March 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALA |
| MSN: | 303 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | over Lake Constance about 35nm East of Zurich -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Srilankan Airlines Airbus A330-243 was en route at 35,000ft over Lake Constance about 35nm east of Zurich as flight UL564 from Paris to Colombo. The crew requested to return to Paris due to a problem with the hydraulics. The aircraft landed on Charles de Gaulle Airport's runway 27L about 65 minutes later.
Sources:
https://avherald.com/h?article=45ee987a&opt=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 2005 | 4R-ALA | SriLankan Airlines | 1 | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |  |
non |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
| 17 February 2023 | 4R-ALA | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | Chennai International Airport (MAA/VOMM) |  |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2022 19:45 | Prometheus | Added |
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