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| Date: | Friday 17 February 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALA |
| MSN: | 303 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Chennai International Airport (MAA/VOMM) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Chennai Airport (MAA/VOMM) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
Before pushback, the R3 evacuation slide inflates inside the aircraft.
Sources:
https://bea.aero/les-enquetes/evenements-notifies/detail/incident-de-lairbus-a330-immatricule-4r-ala-exploite-par-sri-lankan-airlines-survenu-le-17-02-2023-a-chennai/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 October 2005 | 4R-ALA | SriLankan Airlines | 1 | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |  |
non |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
| 9 March 2013 | 4R-ALA | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | over Lake Constance about 35nm East of Zurich |  |
non |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2025 08:13 | Prometheus | Added |
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