Following the breakdown of peace talks and resumption of hostilities in April 1995, the Sri Lanka Air Force maintained its routine flights in and out of Jaffna from SLAF Palaly. As per schedule a SLAF Avro 748, serial no CR835 and regn 4R-HVB, took off from SLAF Palaly on 28 April 1995, crashed into the sea, killing all 51 crew and passengers, which included Wing Commander Roger Weerasinghe, Northern Zonal Commander of the SLAF and four Sri Lanka Army personnel, who had been wounded in a LTTE attack on Kayts Island the previous day.
Soon after take-off in heavy rain, the No.2 engine caught fire, prompting a return to Palaly, but on final approach the right wing failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea.[2]
1995, lanka, force, avro, cr835, shootdown, lanka, force, avro, cr835, shot, down, april, 1995, missile, fired, ltte, plane, avro, airliner, route, ratmalana, airport, shot, down, soon, after, take, from, slaf, palaly, crew, passengers, were, killed, 1995, lan. Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 CR835 was shot down on 28 April 1995 by a SA 7 missile fired by the LTTE The plane an Avro 748 334 Srs 2A airliner was en route to Ratmalana Airport and was shot down soon after take off from SLAF Palaly All 51 crew and passengers were killed 1 1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 CR835 shootdownAn Avro 748 similar to the aircraft shot downDateApril 28 1995 1995 04 28 SummaryShot down by LTTE guerillasSite0 2 km 0 11 nmi 0 12 mi from Jaffna Palaly AFB JAF 9 48 46 N 80 5 16 E 9 81278 N 80 08778 E 9 81278 80 08778AircraftAircraft typeAvro 748 334 Srs 2AOperatorSri Lanka Air Force SLAF RegistrationCR835 4R HVBFlight originJaffna International AirportDestinationRatmalana AirportPassengers42Crew3Fatalities45Survivors0Following the breakdown of peace talks and resumption of hostilities in April 1995 the Sri Lanka Air Force maintained its routine flights in and out of Jaffna from SLAF Palaly As per schedule a SLAF Avro 748 serial no CR835 and regn 4R HVB took off from SLAF Palaly on 28 April 1995 crashed into the sea killing all 51 crew and passengers which included Wing Commander Roger Weerasinghe Northern Zonal Commander of the SLAF and four Sri Lanka Army personnel who had been wounded in a LTTE attack on Kayts Island the previous day Soon after take off in heavy rain the No 2 engine caught fire prompting a return to Palaly but on final approach the right wing failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea 2 Initial response of the Sri Lankan military and government was that the crash was due to engine trouble however the next day another Avro 748 which was sent with an investigation team was also shot down prompting SLAF headquarters to state that both Avro 748s were shot down 3 See also edit1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 CR834 shootdown Lionair Flight 602References edit Probe team blasts Air Chief Accident record aviation safety net Retrieved 16 December 2014 US powered Israeli jets enhance SLAF capability Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 CR835 shootdown amp oldid 1162512921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
