Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Voorlopig |
| Datum: | 15 AUG 2002 |
| Tijd: | ca 12:35 |
| Type: | Shaanxi Yunshuji Y-8D |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
| Registratie: | CR873 |
| Constructienummer: | 070802 |
| Bouwjaar: | |
| Motoren: | 4 Zhuzhou WJ6 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 5 / inzittenden: 5 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 5 / inzittenden: 5 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Kadjuduwa Watta (Sri Lanka)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Militair - test |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | 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.
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» Thomas Brügge
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Colombo-Ratmalana Airport en Colombo-Ratmalana Airport bedraagt 0 km (0 miles).
De afstand tussen Colombo-Ratmalana Airport en Colombo-Ratmalana Airport bedraagt 0 km (0 miles).
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.
