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| Date: | Tuesday 2 August 1994 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell 212 |
| Owner/operator: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
| Registration: | CH564 |
| MSN: | 35029 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jaffna-Palaly Airport (JAF/VCCJ) -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The LTTE terrorists launched an attack on the Palaly Airport. This Bell 212 helicopter caught on fire on the ground after been hit by RPGs.
Sources:
AFM July 2002, p73
https://www.scramble.nl/database/accident#results
https://www.4aviation.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Sri-Lanka-may11-Scramble-Stefan-Goossens.pdf
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/020922/columns/sitrep.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Aug-2010 15:50 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Damage, ] |
| 05-Jun-2014 09:48 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2019 20:02 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2021 03:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Jan-2022 14:51 | Prometheus | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Apr-2025 06:09 | Prometheus | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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