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Air Lanka Flight 512 was an Air Lanka (now SriLankan Airlines) flight from London Gatwick Airport via Zurich and Dubai to Colombo (Bandaranaike International Airport) and Malé, Maldives (Velana International Airport). On 3 May 1986, the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar operated by Air Lanka was on the ground in Colombo, about to fly on to Malé, when ...
April 12, 1971, a Jet Provost of the Royal Ceylon Air Force crashed in Trincomalee killing its pilot. [6] [4]November 15, 1978, the Icelandic Airlines Flight 001 a Douglas DC-8 crash on approach to Colombo International Airport, killed 8 of the 13 Icelandic crew members, 5 reserve crew members and 170 (mostly Indonesian) out of a total of 262 passengers and crew.
In 1986, a bomb planted in Air Lanka Flight 512 blew up while the flight was on the tarmac killing 21 civilians at BIA, resulting in increased security and classification as a high security zone, while SLAF Katunayake was targeted by the JVP in an attack on 7 June 1987. With key air assets, the two hangars housing the squadrons were classes as ...
Flight 512 may refer to: Transocean Air Lines Flight 512, crashed on 12 July 1953. Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, crashed on 30 November 1962. Air Lanka Flight 512, exploded on 3 May 1986.
Air Lanka Flight 512: LTTE bomb explodes aboard Air Lanka flight carrying mainly French, British and Japanese tourists killing 21 (including 13 foreigners - of whom 3 British, 2 German, 3 French, 2 Japanese, 1 Maldivian and 1 Pakistani) and injuring 41 on Bandaranaike International Airport.
2009 suicide air raid on Colombo. Colombo and near Katunayake International Airport, in Sri Lanka. On February 20, 2009, the air wing of the Tamil Tigers separatist militia launched a suicide attack against military locations in and around Colombo, Sri Lanka, using two weaponized light aircraft. [1] It is speculated that the raids were intended ...
Air India Flight 112 plot; Air Lanka Flight 512; B. ... 1986 Ljósufjöll air crash; 1986 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance; Iraqi Airways Flight 163; J.
Air Ceylon Avro 748 4R-ACJ bombing; Air Lanka Flight 512; B. Bandaranaike Airport attack This page was last edited on 3 February 2021, at 22:19 (UTC). ...