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The Bandaranaike International Airport attack was a suicide raid Black Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on 24 July 2001 on the Sri Lanka Air Force base SLAF Katunayake and the adjoining Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka.
January 2: Colombo: A bomb attack outside the Nipon Hotel in the Slave Island district, aimed at a Sri Lankan Army bus, killed at least four people, including a soldier and three civilians, and injured 28 others, Sri Lankan defense and hospital officials said. The Defense Ministry blamed the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for the attack ...
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 (Malé International Airport, now Velana International Airport).
Attack Date Location Death toll Sources 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers: 11 June 1990: Eastern Province: 600–774 Police officers [4] [5] Battle of Mullaitivu (1996) 18 July 1996: Northern Province: 1,498 officers and soldiers KIA or MIA (including unknown number of surrendered per the military, 50 police and 80 civilians) [6] [7 ...
Bandaranaike Airport attack; Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261; C. Crossair Flight 3597; F. 2001 Fishtail Air Eurocopter AS350 crash; Flightline Flight 101; H. Hainan ...
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SriLankan Catering Limited is the sole airline caterer in Sri Lanka. Its hub is at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA). [72] SriLankan Catering's main line of business is in-flight catering to airlines that operate to Bandaranaike International Airport. [73] Its state-of-the-art flight kitchen at BIA has a capacity of 25,000 meals per day ...
The base is located near Bandaranaike International Airport, which had been attacked by the Tigers in July 2001. The LTTE is also the only Rebel group to field aircraft. At present, the Sri Lankan Air Force's 10 Fighter Ground Attack Squadron operates ten Kfir Multirole Fighters (2 TC2/ 6 C2 / 2 C7). In addition, 5 Jet squadron employs four ...