Emergency landing at BIA

9 April 2012 05:10 am

Mihin Air flight bound for Malaysia made an emergency landing at Katunayake after a fire erupted in the cargo compartment. There are no details of damages yet the Government Information Department said.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror a spokesman from Mihin Lanka said that the flight that was landed was a flight bound for Jakartha, Indonesia. He denied that there was any fire and said the emergency landing was a due to a smoke alarm that was raised.

Meanwhile, our correspondent said that the flight which left to Jakartha at 7.30 am was landed at 9.21 am upon detection of the smoke. The 202 passengers on board the MJ 603 aircraft have all been evacuated safely.


MIHIN LANKA Press Release

Mihin Lanka Flight MJ603 bound for Jakarta today (9th April) returned to Katunayake, as a precautionary measure, following a smoke alert in the cockpit. Preliminary investigations reveal no indication of smoke in the cargo area, and that it was a false alarm.

All passengers disembarked safely at BIA.

The Aircraft is now being prepared to operate the rest of the scheduled services on time.

For any clarification please contact Capt. Pujitha Jayakody , Head of Flight Operations 077 3828946 or Mr. Rohana Perera , Head of Commercial  0773823953.   

Issued by Mihin Lanka April 09th, 2012