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| Date: | Wednesday 5 July 2023 |
| Time: | 17:35 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-343 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALP |
| MSN: | 1669 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 210 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | near Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) -
 Sri Lanka
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN/WSSS) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAASL |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL303, an Airbus A330-343, made a go around due to wind shear approximately 6.16 KM from the threshold of runway 22 of VCBI during the final approach. An uneventful landing was made 18 minutes later at 17:53.
On 10th, 11th and 27th July 2023 (5 days, 6 days and 22 days after the incident respectively) CAASL received three complaints from residents who are living around the runway 22 approach path of VCBI, claiming that, their properties were damaged. Complaint no. 2 reported that they had minor injuries.
Causes
The go around of the aircraft was due to low level wind shear. The wind shear manoeuvre executed by the flight crew was in compliance to the SOP.
The wind shear escape manoeuvre performed by the flight crew does not indicate as a cause for the reported property damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/incident-to-the-airbus-a330-registered-4r-alp-operated-by-srilankan-airlines-on-05-07-2023-at-bandaranaike/
https://counterpoint.lk/heavy-boom-generated-aircraft-leaves-trail-destruction-villages-near-katunayake-airport/
CAASL
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 January 2021 | 4R-ALP | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
non |
| 17 December 2023 | 4R-ALP | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2023 16:45 | harro | Added |
| 27-Jul-2023 16:46 | harro | Updated |
| 11-Sep-2023 06:34 | Prometheus | Updated |
| 11-Sep-2023 06:38 | harro | Updated |
| 05-Apr-2024 05:56 | Prometheus | Updated [Source, ] |
| 05-Sep-2024 07:27 | Prometheus | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Sep-2024 06:28 | Prometheus | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Sep-2024 06:35 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 12-May-2025 07:46 | Prometheus | Updated [Location, ] |
| 13-May-2025 11:47 | Prometheus | Updated [Location, ] |
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