| Nature of Occurrence |
Date |
Location |
Operator |
Brief Description |
Report Title |
| Accident |
04th Dec. 1974 |
Maskeliya, Sri Lanka |
Martinair |
Aircraft collided with rising terrain as the crew descended the aircraft below safe altitude owing to incorrect identification of their position vis-a vis the airport |
Report on the Accident in to Martinair DC-8, PH-MBH on 4th December 1974 at Theberton Estate, Maskeliya, SriLanka |
| Accident |
15th Nov. 1978 |
Vicinity of the Bandaranayake International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
Loftleider Icelandic Airways |
Collision with rising terrain caused an accident into Loftleider Icelandic |
Report of Accident into Loftleider Icelandic Airways airraft DC-8-63F, TF-FLA on 15th November 1978 at Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
| Incident |
17th April 1998 |
Colombo TMA on ATS Route G-465 |
A320 and DH-8 |
Near Miss incident between Airbus A320 out bound to Maldives on the climb and DH-8 inbound to Colombo descending from flight level 230 |
Final Report - ATC near miss incident on 17th April 1998 |
| Accident |
24th March 2000 |
Kadirana, Negombo, Sri Lanka |
Skycabs(Pvt) Ltd |
Accident to Sky Cabs flight AN-12 due to fuel exhaustion while attempting to land at the destination |
Final report of accident into Sky Cabs AN-12 aircraft, RA-11302 on 24th March 2000 at Kadirana, Negombo, Sri Lanka |
| Accident |
11th April 2001 |
Bandaranayake International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
Sri Lankan Airlines |
Smoke ingestion into the cabin which resulted emergency evacuation |
Final report of Emergency Evacuation on SriLankan Airlines flight UL 557, A330, 4R-ALD on 11th April 2001 at Bandaranayake International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
| Accident |
08th Sept. 2005 |
Bandaranayake International Airport,Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
Saudi Arabian Airlines |
Emergency evacuation after being alarmed by the bomb threat lead to an accident |
Final report on Accident of Saudi Air Flight SV781, Boeing B747-368, registration HZ-AIP on 08th Sept. 2005 at Bandaranayake International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
| Accident |
16th Oct. 2005 |
Bandaranayake International Aircraft, Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
Sri Lankan Airlines |
Collision between maintenance platform vehicle and stepladder during disembarkation, caused a passenger to fall through the gap created |
Final report on Accident of SriLankan Airlines Flight UL316 Airbus A330-243, 4R-ALA on 16th Octomber 2005 at Bandaranayake International Airport Katunayake, Sri Lanka |
| Serious Incident |
02nd Dec. 2006 |
Colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka |
Aero Lanka |
Aircraft overran the threshold of runway |
Final report on Serious Incident of Aero Lanka flight RNL 106, HS 748 series 2B, registration 4R-SER 02nd Decemper 2006 at Colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka |
| Incident |
01st June 2007 |
Bandaranayake International Airport, Colombo |
SriLankan Airlines |
In the pre-departure maintenance check, while replacing deflated nose wheel tyre, the aircraft nose wheel Jack pedestal depressed into the concreted parking floor by shifting the aircraft slightly towards the right hand |
Incident of Srilankan Airlines Flight UL163 A320-211, Registration 4R-ABF on 01st June 2007 at Bandaranayake International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Incident |
05th June 2007 |
Colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka |
SriLankan Airlines |
Incident due to aircraft landed on runway without extending landing gears |
Final report on Incident of SriLankan Airlines flight UL 5302, DHC-3T, Registration 4R-ARB on 05th June 2007 at Colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka |
| Serious Incident |
15th October 2007 |
London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom |
SriLankan Airlines |
A ground collision occurred when Airbus A340-311 attempted to pass the Boeing B 747-436 that was stationary on an adjoining taxiway, at night |
Final report on Serious Incident to Boeing 747-436, Airbus A340 4R-ADC, at London Heathrow Airport on 15 October 2007. This investigation conducted & report issued by AAIB, United Kingdom |
| Incident |
13th Oct. 2008 |
Chennai International Airport, India |
SriLankan Airlines |
Aircraft port outboard wheels overran the runway edge lights at Chennai International Airport India |
Final report on Incident of SriLankan Airlines flight UL121 Airbus A330, 4R-ALC on 13th October 2008 at Chennai International Airport India |
| Incident |
21st February 2008 |
Colombo Airport, Ratmalana |
Expo Aviation |
Incident of aircraft return back due to engine fire warning |
Final report on Incident of Expo Aviation flight EXV 711, F-27, Registration 4R-MRA on 21st February 2008 at colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka |
| Incident |
05th Feb 2012 |
London Heathrow Airport |
SriLankan Airlines |
The aircraft started its takeoff from a runway intersection for which no regulated takeoff weight chart was available in the aircraft. The pilots calculated performance using a chart for a different runway which did not consider obstacles relevant to the runway in use. The takeoff and subsequent flight were completed without further incident |
Final Report on SLA incident(very low T/O), A340, 4R-ADG on 05th Feb 2012 at London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom |
| Incident |
14th June 2014 |
Paragasthota, Milleniya, Sri Lanka |
|
Detachment of a wheel during flight |
Final Report on Incident Millennium Airlines Pvt Ltd, Cessna 152, 4R-DJD on 14th June 2014 |
| Incident |
01st May 2015 |
En-route to Colombo(Flight from Sharjah to Colombo) |
Mihin Lanka |
First Officer failed to enter into the flight deck due to PIC not responding to the door call bell |
Incident of Mihin Lanka Flight MJ408 (SHJ-CMB), Airbus A321, bearing registration 4R-MRC on 01st May 2015 |
| Incident |
08th Oct 2014 |
En-route to Colombo(TRZ to CMB) |
Srilankan Airlines |
The flight UL 134 returned to base(TRZ) due to a technical reason |
Incident of SriLankan Airlines Flight UL134, Airbus Industrie A320-200, bearing registration 4R-ABL at Tiruchirappalli International Airport, India on 08th Oct 2014 |
| Accident |
29th September 1998 |
Mannar, Sri Lanka |
Gomelavia, operated for Lionair Ltd |
The act of unlawful conduct on Lionair flight |
Re-opened accident investigation report of Lion Air Flight LN 602, EW 464665 |
| Serious Incident |
02nd July 2013 |
Bandaranaike International Airport,Katunayake,Sri Lanka |
SriLankan Airlines |
On 02nd July 2013, SriLankan Airlines flight UL266, Airbus A340, registration 4R-ADA departed from RUH to CMB and touched down on VCBI runway 22 at 0215 UTC encountering a hard landing and a tail strike. |
Serious Incident of SriLankan Airlines flight UL 266, A340-311, bearing registration 4R-ADA at Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka on 02nd July 2013 |
| Incident |
21st March 2019 |
Changi International Airport, Singapore. |
Sri Lankan Airlines |
Sri Lankan Airlines aircraft Airbus A320, 4R-ABN, operated from Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport, Sri Lanka to Changi International Airport, Singapore, had veered momentarily off the right edge of the runway after landing on Runway 02L at Singapore Changi Airport |
Final Report - Airbus A320, Registration 4R-ABN Damage to Runway Edge Lights on Landing - 21 March 2019 |
| Incident |
23rd January 2021 |
Bandaranaike International Airport,Katunayake,Sri Lanka |
SriLankan Airlines |
SriLankan Airlines aircraft 4R-ALP, flight UL 1430 which was scheduled to operate as a cargo flight from Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka (VCBI) to Changi International Airport, Singapore (WSSS). Just before pushback, the L1 door was opened from inside the aircraft and subsequently the slide pack fell onto the passenger step. |
Final Report - Inadvertent slide deployment incident of SriLankan Airlines Flight UL1430, Airbus Industries A330-300, bearing registration 4R-ALP at parking Bay C21 at Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake on 23rd Jan 2021 |
| Serious incident |
02nd Dec 2020 |
at Flight level 360, in Indian air space |
SriLankan Airlines |
At FL 360, the aircraft had experienced NAV ADR disagree and Flight Alternate Law reversion. The ECAM actions were carried out by the flight crew. They had contacted Indian ATC to inform of their inability to maintain RVSM and to obtain weather information in Colombo and Chennai. Due to heavy rain in Colombo and the multiple failure status of the aircraft, the Pilot in Command decided to divert to Chennai International Airport (VOMM), India. |
Serious Incident of SriLankan Airlines, Flight UL190, Airbus Industries A321-251, bearing registration 4R-AND from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, Bangladesh (VGHS) to Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake, Sri Lanka (VCBI) diverted to VOMM on 02nd Dec 2020. |
