Serious incident to the Airbus A330 registered 4R-ALR operated by Srilankan Airlines on 28/06/2023 at Bandaranaike

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Srilankan authorities:

Landing gear retraction fault followed by landing gear R-lengthening fault.

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General information
Local date	28/06/2023
Responsible entity	Sri Lanka - CAA
State or area of occurrence	Asia - Sri Lanka
Location	AD Bandaranaike
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2023-0300

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane
Operator	Sri Lanka - Srilankan Airlines
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A330
Aircraft Registration	4R-ALR
State of registry	Sri Lanka
Last departure point	Sri Lanka - VCBI (CMB): Colombo/Katunayake
Planned destination	Japan - RJAA (NRT): Tokyo/New Tokyo Intl
Flight phase	Take-off
Serial number	1689
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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