Sri Lankan Airlines flight to Sydney returns to Colombo following operational incident (opens original article in a new tab)

Sri Lankan Airlines flight to Sydney returned to Colombo after an operational incident during adverse weather, then departed again later the same morning with a replacement aircraft.

• Sri Lankan Airlines flight UL606 returned to Colombo due to an operational incident during adverse weather
• The aircraft landed safely at Bandaranaike International Airport with 207 passengers and 16 crew members
• A replacement aircraft was arranged to continue the journey to Sydney