SriLankan Airlines flight UL-605 was delayed in Melbourne, Australia for 30 hours due to a mechanical failure, adaderana.lk reports.
The flight has taken off and will land at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake this morning (17), a spokesman for the airline said.
Manager of corporate communications at SriLankan Deepal Perera said six engineers of the airline who left for Melbourne Airport last night have repaired and restored the aircraft.
The flight with 300 passengers onboard scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka at 12.30 am will now reach the BIA at around 09.30 am, he said.
According to latest reports, the flight arrived at the airport at 7.40 am.
