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| Date: | Monday 13 February 2012 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan MiG-27M |
| Owner/operator: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
| Registration: | SFS-731 |
| MSN: | 83712531385 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dummalasuriya, Puttalam -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
| Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) |
A MiG-27M fighter jet of the SLAF crashed in Dummalasuriya in the Puttalam district. The pilot managed to eject safely.
Sources:
http://www.hirunews.lk/27598
https://www.srilankamirror.com/english/the-news/11037-mig-27-crashes-in-dummalasuriya
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.aspxfile=data/international/2012/February/international_February507.xml§ion=international
http://aaj.tv/2012/02/sri-lankan-jet-crashes-near-colombo/
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/lk#results
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2012 03:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Feb-2012 03:12 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2012 03:30 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 13-Feb-2012 04:41 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, ] |
| 17-May-2013 15:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2022 13:19 | Prometheus | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 11-Jan-2022 18:30 | Prometheus | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2022 06:10 | Prometheus | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2023 20:10 | Nepa | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2023 07:45 | Prometheus | Updated |
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