Airbus A340-311 MSN 032

Timeline

History

Airbus A340-311, serial number 32, first flight 25 Apr 1994. Delivered to Air Lanka on 19 Sep 1994, registered 4R-ADA. Withdrawn from use seen at Toulouse, France 13 Oct 1993 brown primer/D-AIGF Lufth re-allocated (seen primer 13 May 1993). Renamed Srilankan Airlines on 15 Jul 1999. Damaged after tailstrike Colombo (Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport), Sri Lanka 0(330) 2 Jul 2013, withdrawn from use (25 Mar 2015 or) 8 Apr 2015, ferried CMB--Kemble Cotswold Airport, Cirencester, Gloucestershire 10 Sep 2015 white, withdrawn from use, forward fuselage plus 2 other chunks seen 26 Apr 2016 white, to be mated to form doing business as short 'A330' for cabin trainer for Chinese customer, but no further reports and other source: scrapped Mar 2016 Cotswold Airport, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Current status: scrapped.