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| Date: | Tuesday 26 February 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALB |
| MSN: | 306 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Bandaranaike International Airport -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
| Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL225 to Dubai from Colombo, Sri Lanka retured to Bandaranaike International Airport after departure due to a bird strike.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2013291922112596&set=a.1295567537218375
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 2017 | 4R-ALB | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | near Colombo | |
non |
| Powerbank Lithium battery thermal event | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2025 09:53 | Prometheus | Added |
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