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COLOMBO (News1st) : A SriLankan Airlines flight scheduled to fly to Dubai returned to the island in an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport after a 15 hour delay.
The UL-225 flight was scheduled to depart at 6.25pm yesterday. Ultimately, the flight departed at 9.30 this morning.
Our correspondent reported that the flight returned to the island around 1 hour and 10 minutes later, which was 10.40am.
Our reported added that the chief pilot had decided to carry out an emergency landing after noticing cracks in the plane's windshield.
The flight had been in close proximity to India at the time.
The SriLankan Airlines flight was carrying 189 passengers and 15 cabin crew members.
According to a source from the BIA, the passengers are scheduled to leave the Katunayake Airport and head to Dubai later this evening.
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