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| Date: | Wednesday 28 June 2023 |
| Time: | 22:55 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-343 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALR |
| MSN: | 1689 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | near Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
| Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAASL |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL454, an Airbus A330-343, suffered a landing gear retraction fault after takeoff,
followed by landing gear R-lengthening fault.
The aircraft made a safe landing back at Bandaranaike Airport at 17:25 UTC, 2 hours and 36 minutes after takeoff.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a330-registered-4r-alr-operated-by-srilankan-airlines-on-28-06-2023-at-bandaranaike/
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ALK454/history/20230628/1430Z/VCBI/RJAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 May 2018 | 4R-ALR | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | Cochin International Airport (COK/VOCI) |  |
min |
| 21 March 2021 | 4R-ALR | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | Jakarta FIR |  |
non |
| 19 September 2023 | 4R-ALR | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | near Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2023 17:03 | harro | Added |
| 25-Jul-2023 05:50 | Prometheus | Updated |
| 05-Apr-2024 13:33 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, ] |
| 12-May-2025 07:46 | Prometheus | Updated [Location, ] |
| 13-May-2025 11:47 | Prometheus | Updated [Location, ] |
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