Colombo: Sri Lankan Airlines He praised his pilots for taking command safely to take off from London to Colombo on Wednesday. British Airways flight over turkey, The national carrier stated that “the alertness of the pilots and the state-of-the-art communication and surveillance systems in the aircraft enabled a safe passage for UL 504 on 13 June.
“ahead, Sri Lanka The airline appreciates the timely action of pilots operating UL 504, which ensured the safety of all passengers, crew and equipment on UL 504,” the airline said in a statement.
This clarification was issued after media reports claimed that UL 504 flying from London to Colombo had avoided its biggest possible collision in the air. Turkish airspace,
Reports said the flight carrying 275 passengers had entered Turkish airspace after departing from Heathrow to Colombo.
The Sri Lankan plane was told to climb 35,000 feet above the 33,000 feet they were flying at.
At the same time, the Sri Lankan flight detected a British Airways flight carrying more than 250 people flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet only 15 miles from them and notified air traffic control in Ankara.
Sri Lankan pilots refused to board despite being cleared twice by Ankara air traffic control.
Minutes later, air traffic responded immediately, reporting the Sri Lankan flight not to climb because the British Airways flight to Dubai was already flying above 35,000 feet.
The Daily Mirror newspaper reported that if the UL captain had climbed to the requested altitude, the UL flight would have suffered a collision with a British Airways flight, as it was flying at a faster speed than the UL flight.
After landing at Bandaranaike International Airport here, the passengers along with the crew got off the plane safely and an incident report was lodged, it said.
“ahead, Sri Lanka The airline appreciates the timely action of pilots operating UL 504, which ensured the safety of all passengers, crew and equipment on UL 504,” the airline said in a statement.
This clarification was issued after media reports claimed that UL 504 flying from London to Colombo had avoided its biggest possible collision in the air. Turkish airspace,
Reports said the flight carrying 275 passengers had entered Turkish airspace after departing from Heathrow to Colombo.
The Sri Lankan plane was told to climb 35,000 feet above the 33,000 feet they were flying at.
At the same time, the Sri Lankan flight detected a British Airways flight carrying more than 250 people flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet only 15 miles from them and notified air traffic control in Ankara.
Sri Lankan pilots refused to board despite being cleared twice by Ankara air traffic control.
Minutes later, air traffic responded immediately, reporting the Sri Lankan flight not to climb because the British Airways flight to Dubai was already flying above 35,000 feet.
The Daily Mirror newspaper reported that if the UL captain had climbed to the requested altitude, the UL flight would have suffered a collision with a British Airways flight, as it was flying at a faster speed than the UL flight.
After landing at Bandaranaike International Airport here, the passengers along with the crew got off the plane safely and an incident report was lodged, it said.