15 November 2019 06:03 pm
A SriLankan flight which was scheduled to land at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this afternoon was diverted to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) due to the adverse weather conditions, the MRIA duty manager said.
He said the SriLankan Air UL-190 had arrived from Dakar.
The BIA duty manager said the SriLankan flight was scheduled to land at BIA at 3.55 p.m.
"At the time of diverting, 238 passengers were on board," he added. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)