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| Date: | Sunday 5 September 2004 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airbus A340-311 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ADC |
| MSN: | 034 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5C2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
SriLankan Airlines flight UL548 suffered an engine failure during take off at Zurich. The aircraft took off and returned to the airport soon after without further incident.
Sources:
https://caa.lk/images/pdf/annual_report/caa_annual_report_2005.pdf
https://www.pprune.org/questions/143673-sri-lanka-a340-engine-failure-zrh.html
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=283759&sid=d4b18dc38c1c1369bc9bdb17e5bc8320
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 2001 | 4R-ADC | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |  |
sub |
| Security issues | ||||||
| 15 October 2007 | 4R-ADC | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |  |
min |
| Collision with other aircraft on apron | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2025 09:08 | Prometheus | Added |
| 22-Jun-2025 09:08 | ASN | Updated |
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