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| Date: | Wednesday 9 January 2008 |
| Time: | 14:16 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A340-312 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ADF |
| MSN: | 374 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5C3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 290 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A SriLankan Airlines A340 as flight UL554 from Frankfurt to Colombo had to cancel the flight after the pushback truck started too early before the passenger bridge was removed. The bridge ruptured the fuselage on a length of reportedly 14 meters.
Sources:
https://caa.lk/images/pdf/annual_report/caa_annual_report_2008.pdf
BFU AX001-0/08
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2022 19:46 | Prometheus | Added |
| 08-Mar-2022 19:48 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, ] |
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