A Turkish cargo aircraft that was parked on the tarmac at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake met with an accident early this morning.
The aircraft has been identified as an A330-300 Airbus and had been involved in the accident as it was preparing to depart from the Katunayake airport today.
The cargo aircraft had transported goods from Istanbul, Turkey to Sri Lanka and was set to return to Istanbul with 54 Metric Tonnes of apparel goods when it faced the unfortunate accident.
Several containers that had been placed near the aircraft to be loaded by Sri Lankan Airlines operators had reportedly crashed into the aircraft due to strong winds in and around the airport.
The containers had crashed into engine 2 of the aircraft causing damage. (NewsWire)
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