Criminal Occurrence
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Estado: | Preliminar |
| Fecha: | 24 JUI 2001 |
| Hora: | 03:30 |
| Tipo: | Airbus A340-312 |
| Operador: | SriLankan Airlines |
| Registración: | 4R-ADD |
| Numéro de série: | 036 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1994 |
| Motores: | 4 CFMI CFM56-5C3 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Colombo-Bandaranayake International Airport (CMB) (Sri Lanka) |
| Fase: | En Espera (STD) |
| Naturaleza: | |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | - |
| - |
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.
Fuentes:
» SriLankan Airlines
» Reuters
Fotos
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.
