Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 24 JUL 2001 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-243 |
| Operator: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registration: | 4R-ALF |
| C/n / msn: | 341 |
| First flight: | 2000 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce Trent 772B-60 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Colombo-Bandaranayake International Airport (CMB) (Sri Lanka) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Tamil Tiger rebels launched a major pre-dawn suicide attack on Colombo-Bandaranayake International Airport. The raid left at least 19 people dead, including 14 Tamil rebels, two army commandos and three air force personnel. Two of SriLankan Airlines' Airbus A.330 planes (4R-ALE and 4R-ALF) were destroyed, one A.320 (4R-ABA) and one of their A.340 planes (4R-ADD). Two other planes were damaged (A.340 4R-ADC and A.320 4R-ABB). A number of military planes were also damaged and destroyed.
Events:
Sources:
» SriLankan Airlines
» Reuters
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
