Last updated: 5 August 2020
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Thursday 15 August 2002 |
| Time: | ca 12:35 |
| Type: |  Shaanxi Yunshuji Y-8B |
| Operator: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
| Registration: | CR873 |
| C/n / msn: | 070802 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Zhuzhou WJ6 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Kadjuduwa Watta ( Sri Lanka)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | 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.
Sources:
» 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.
