ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 311536
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALH |
| MSN: | 627 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Colombo -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
| Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL225, an Airbus A330-200, was climb out of FL190 when an ECAM Advisory showed that the cabin pressure was increasing at a significant rate. The flight crew carried out an emergency descent to 8000 ft. The aircraft landed back at Colombo Airport after jettisoning fuel.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a330-registered-4r-alh-operated-by-srilankan-airlines-on-21-04-2023-en-route/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 2014 | 4R-ALH | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | 80nm East of Kochi |  |
min |
| Windscreen cracks or failure | ||||||
| 7 April 2023 | 4R-ALH | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | over southern India | |
min |
| Windscreen cracks or failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2023 07:02 | Prometheus | Added |
| 07-May-2023 06:51 | harro | Updated |
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