Created Monday, Feb 12th 2024 19:20Z, last updated Thursday, Nov 28th 2024 20:30Z
A Srilankan Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration 4R-ALQ performing flight
UL-605 from Melbourne,VI (Australia) to Colombo (Sri Lanka), was climbing out of Melbourne's runway 16 when the crew stopped the climb at about FL215 reporting smell of smoke on board. The aircraft returned to Melbourne for a safe landing on runway 16 about 50 minutes after departure.
Passengers reported they smelled smoke in the cabin which appeared to be coming from the cockpit. Soon after the captain announced they would return to Melbourne.
The airline reported a technical issue prompted the return to Melbourne. All passengers disembarked safely.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Melbourne about 13 hours after landing back.
On Mar 7th 2024 Sri Lanka's AIB reported during climb through about FL220 a strong burning odour followed by smoke developed in the cockpit followed by smoke in part of the cabin. The aircraft returned to Melbourne. The occurrence was rated an incident and is being investigated by Sri Lanka's AIB.
Sri Lanka's AIB released their final report concluding the probable causes of the incident were:
Seizure of the ACM was the most probable cause of this incident.
But the ACM manufacturer’s evaluation reports that the component failure cannot be detected due to the level of disintegration of the unit.
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