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| Date: | Wednesday 11 April 2001 |
| Time: | c. 06:15 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Owner/operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALD |
| MSN: | 313 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 772-B60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 152 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) -
 Sri Lanka
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Aircraft rapidly filled with smoke when the flight was about the enter the runway for departure. An emergency evaciation was carried out. It appeared that a bearing had failed in the APU, causing APU oil to enter the bleed air system.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAA SL
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 March 2013 | 4R-ALD | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | Hambantota-Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI/VCRI) | |
min |
| 22 August 2014 | 4R-ALD | SriLankan Airlines | 0 | 110nm east of Colombo | |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2009 11:03 | harro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2020 16:55 | harro | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 05-Jan-2022 08:42 | Prometheus | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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