මෙල්බර්න් සිට දිවයිනට ආ ශ්‍රීලන්කන් ගුවන්යානයේ හදිසි ගොඩබෑමට හේතුව මෙන්න

Daily Mirror and Newswire report that SriLankan Airlines flight UL605, travelling from Melbourne to Colombo, declared an emergency while approaching Bandaranaike International Airport. Lankadeepa also reports that the aircraft issued an emergency declaration as it neared landing at Katunayake, after smoke appeared in its cargo compartment.

Daily Mirror and Newswire say the alert was triggered by a smoke warning linked to the aircraft’s cargo hold. Newswire reports the flight was due in Colombo at 11.20 p.m. on November 1, and that the airline made a statement on the 2nd.

Newswire reports that the aircraft touched down safely, with passengers and crew leaving without incident, and that no injuries were reported. Newswire also says SriLankan Airlines stated that passenger and crew safety remained its foremost concern.

Newswire reports that SriLankan Airlines said an inquiry into the incident had started. An Ada Derana headline says an official attributed the smoke alert to dry ice; another Ada Derana headline reports that a probe was launched. The supplied reports provide no further details about the inquiry or the dry-ice explanation.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.