# NTSB DCA24WA086: Airbus A330, Katunayake, Sri Lanka, January 9, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 9, 2024, 05:55 local (00:25 UTC)
- Place: Katunayake, Sri Lanka · Destination Airport
- Coordinates: 7.181111, 79.883611 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=7.1811&lon=79.8836&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193726
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193726/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA086

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-descent: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: 4R-ALS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 (243)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Sri Lankan Airlines
- Registered owner: Sri Lankan Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: VOMM, Chennai, OF
- Destination: Same as departure

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: A6-FME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Fly Dubai
- Registered owner: Fly Dubai
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: VRMM, Hulhule, OF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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