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2. Air Lanka Flight 512 - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Bandaranaike Airport attack - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1980s - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. List of aviation accidents and incidents in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. 2009 suicide air raid on Colombo - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Bandaranaike International Airport - Wikipedia

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   3 May 1986 – Air Lanka Flight 512. In an operation carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers), a bomb in an Air Lanka (now SriLankan Airlines) Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 100 exploded while passengers were boarding for a short-hop flight to Malé , in the Maldives . 14 passengers were killed, and the aircraft was ...