Date:	Monday 8 July 2024
Time:	05:04
Type:	Airbus A330-243
Owner/operator:	SriLankan Airlines
Registration:	4R-ALS
MSN:	1008
Year of manufacture:	2009
Total airframe hrs:	40800 hours
Cycles:	8272 flights
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 284
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor, repaired
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) -   Sri Lanka
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB)
Destination airport:	Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI)
Investigating agency:	CAASL
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
SriLankan Airlines flight UL226, an Airbus A330-243, suffered a brief lateral runway excursion during landing on runway 22 at Bandaranaike International Airport. As a result all four tyres of the left main landing gear and several runway edge lights were damaged.

Probable Cause
The probable cause is the flight crew’s decision to land the aircraft without initiating a go-around by misjudging the magnitude of the left deviation from the runway centre line.
The contributing factors are;
a. Improper application of flight control inputs by PF and the reversing of crosswind component from left to right,
b. Lack of flight deck leadership of PIC and poor situational awareness and decision making by flight crew which was triggered by incorrect perception and cognitive biases.

VCBI 072310Z VRB03KT 9000 SCT015 25/24 Q1006 NOSIG
VCBI 080010Z 20007KT 140V280 9000 FEW014 SCT015 25/25 Q1007 NOSIG

https://bea.aero/les-enquetes/evenements-notifies/detail/incident-grave-survenu-a-lairbus-a330-immatricule-4r-als-exploite-par-srilankan-airlines-le-08-07-2024-a-colombo/
CAASL

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


17 February 2019	4R-ALS	SriLankan Airlines	0	Chennai International Airport (MAA/VOMM)		min
9 January 2024	4R-ALS	SriLankan Airlines	0	near Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI)		non
Near miss

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Jul-2024 11:01	ASN	Added
24-Jul-2024 11:02	ASN	Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ]
05-Sep-2024 07:27	Prometheus	Updated [Damage, ]
08-Feb-2025 08:53	Prometheus	Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ]
08-Feb-2025 08:56	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]
10-Feb-2025 07:10	Prometheus	Updated [Narrative, ]