Sri Lankan Flight To Singapore Delayed After Security Search On Arrival From Chennai

Colombo (News 1st): SriLankan Airlines has confirmed that one of its flights bound for Singapore has been delayed due to a special security inspection carried out at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today (May 3).

According to the airline, Flight UL 122, operated by aircraft 4R-ALS, arrived in Colombo from Chennai at 11:59 a.m. and was subjected to a full security check following an alert issued by the Chennai Area Control Centre. The alert was related to a suspect wanted in India who was believed to be on board the flight.

A special search operation got underway earlier today (3) at the Bandaranaike International Airport following a tip-off from Indian authorities.

Police Spokesperson said the information received indicated that six individuals suspected to be involved in the recent Pahalgam terror attack were on board a flight arriving from Chennai.

After a thorough inspection, the aircraft was cleared for further operations. However, due to the mandatory security procedures, the aircraft's next scheduled flight—UL 308 to Singapore—has been delayed.