SriLankan Airlines says media reports of Flight UL 195 from Colombo to Delhi making an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in India are false.
Issuing a statement, SriLankan Airlines stated that no emergency was declared for Flight UL 195 on Wednesday (Aug. 23).
Stating that the flight did, however, encounter a minor issue with one of its three hydraulic systems, the airline stated that such things happen from time to time, and the airline’s crew is fully trained to handle them.
“The loss of full functionality of just one hydraulic system neither affects the performance nor calls for an emergency landing of the aircraft. As a routine precaution, the operating crew requested the use of the longer runway for landing in Delhi. The landing was executed safely and without incident and the aircraft taxied to the parking stand for line maintenance work. All passengers onboard the flight exited the aircraft safely and ahead of the scheduled time of arrival, without any interruption to their journey,” the airline said.
SriLankan Airlines added that it always puts the safety of its passengers and employees first and it is in this spirit that the airline’s pilots of UL 195 took prompt action following procedures on landing to ensure the safety of the people onboard the flight. (NewsWire)