Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 30 March 2000
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-26
Owner/operator: Sri Lanka Air Force, lsf Avialinii AAR
Registration Number: UR-79170
Location: near Talawa, Anuradhapura –
ÿ Sri Lanka
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40
Component Affected: PlanePlane
A Ukrainian charter plane crashed in March 2012, carrying troops and wounded soldiers, following an engine trouble reported 10 minutes prior to impact. The incident was investigated by the Sri Lankan Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) in 2012, with two LTTE cadres arrested for firing missiles from the Wilpattu forest area.A Ukrainian charter plane crashed in March 2012, carrying troops and wounded soldiers, following an engine trouble reported 10 minutes prior to impact. The incident was investigated by the Sri Lankan Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) in 2012, with two LTTE cadres arrested for firing missiles from the Wilpattu forest area.
Description
The plane was chartered by the air force from a Ukrainian company (Avialinii AAR) to transport troops including soldiers wounded in recent fighting with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels. Unconfirmed reports said the crew had reported engine trouble 10 minutes before it crashed. In March 2012 it was reported that the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) of the Sri Lanka police has reopened the case of this accident. Two cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) arrested in 2012 have confessed to firing missiles from the Wilpattu forest area, bringing down the plane.
Source of Information
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/Mar26_1332772835CH.phphttp://www.colombopage.com/archive_12/Mar26_1332772835CH.phpPrimary Cause
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