Date: | Friday 28 April 1995 |
Time: | |
Type: | British Aerospace BAe-748-334 Srs. 2A |
Owner/operator: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
Registration: | 4R-HVB |
MSN: | 1757 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | 0,2 km from Jaffna-Palaly AFB (JAF) -
Sri Lanka
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Jaffna-Palaly Air Base (JAF/VCCJ) |
Destination airport: | Colombo (unknown airport) |
Narrative:The aircraft, operating on a flight for the Sri Lankan Air Force to Colombo, took off from Palaly AFB in heavy rain. On climbout the no. 2 engine caught fire and the crew had to return. On final approach (200 m short of the runway) the right wing failed and the aircraft crashed. Reports say the engine caught fire after being hit by a SAM missile fired by Tamil separatists.
Sources:
Air Safety Week 15 May 1995 (p. 3)
Scramble 193(78)
Scramble 195(51)
Volkskrant 29.4.95(5)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); May 1989
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