The Sri Lankan pilot turned down an order to climb to an altitude of 35,000 feet. The national carrier then stated that “the alertness of the pilots and the state-of-the-art communications and surveillance systems aboard the aircraft enabled a safe passage for UL 504 on 13 June”.
According to the information, flight UL 504 took off from Heathrow Airport in London carrying 275 passengers and entered Turkish airspace via Colombo.
On Wednesday, Sri Lankan Airlines lauded its pilots for flying safely from London to Colombo. After reports came out on Monday, the pilot of a plane from the national carrier averted a mid-air crash with a flight of British Airways over Turkey.
On 13 June the national bearer said that “the attentiveness of the pilots and the state of art communications and monitoring systems on board the plane enabled safe-conduct for flight UL 504.
According to air service staff
The air service staff said in a declaration, that Sri Lankan Air service admires the timely activity of pilots operating flight UL 504, which secures the safety of all crew, passengers, and equipment on flight UL 504.
The explanation was provided after a media statement asserting that flight UL 504, flying from London airport to Colombo avoided its large possible mid-air crash in Turkish airspace.
Detail said the flight UL 504 bearing 275 passengers had reached Turkish airspace after departing Heathrow Airport for Colombo.
The airline of Sri Lankan was told to scale 35,000 feet above the 33,000 feet they were flying at.
At the same time, the flight ascertained British Airways flight carrying more than 250 people. who was in the air at an altitude of thirty-five thousand feet and only fifteen miles away from them, thenceforth captain notified the air traffic control service in Ankara.
The pilots of Sri Lankan Airlines have rejected boarding, in spite of being cleared twice by air traffic control service in Ankara.
