SriLankan flight develops technical snag in Chennai

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A SriLankan flight from Colombo developed a technical snag while landing at the international airport in Chennai, but the pilot brought it down safely with no harm to the 122 passengers on board, Indian media reported.

The aircraft landed here around 9.30 AM, they said. As many as 244 passengers, who were to board the flight on its return journey to Colombo were put up in hotels in Chennai since the snag was not rectified before the scheduled departure time of 12.30 PM, media reports said quoting sources.

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mount Tuesday, 14 October 2014 03:58 PM

Very good dear PILOT.

sataro Tuesday, 14 October 2014 04:48 PM

thanks God . gud pilot . but airline big lost in billions . via DM Android App

R Sharon Rana Tuesday, 14 October 2014 12:53 PM

Must have been so smelly over Chennai the engine got anaesthetised. No more flights to Tamil Nadu recommended

AM Wednesday, 15 October 2014 06:41 AM

ageing fleet

Mother Lanka Wednesday, 15 October 2014 10:41 AM

All Sri Lanka flights are very old, very soon they will be banned in EU like they did for Indonesian airline..... it will be only able to fly to Mattala.

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