Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Estado: | Preliminar |
| Fecha: | 15 AGO 2002 |
| Hora: | ca 12:35 |
| Tipo: |  Shaanxi Yunshuji Y-8D |
| Operador: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
| Registración: | CR873 |
| Numéro de série: | 070802 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Motores: | 4 Zhuzhou WJ6 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Kadjuduwa Watta (Sri Lanka)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Prueba Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC), Sri Lanka |
| Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC), Sri Lanka |
The Chinese built Y-8 transport plane taken off from the Ratmalana Airport at 12:25 pm on a test flight because one the engines had been changed. Ten minutes later the crew radioed that the flight had developed engine trouble. They tried to return, but the plane crashed into a paddy field and caught fire.
Reportedly one engine (not the one that had been replaced) caught fire and broke away from the plane.
Fuentes:
» Daily Mirror
» Thomas Brügge
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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.
