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Bombing | |
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Date | 7 September 1978 |
Summary | Bomb explosion |
Site | Ratmalana Airport |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Hawker Siddeley HS 748 |
Operator | Air Ceylon |
Registration | 4R-ACJ |
Flight origin | Jaffna International Airport |
1st stopover | Ratmalana Airport |
Last stopover | Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB/VCBI) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Destination | Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (MLE/VRMM), Malé, Maldives |
Occupants | 3 |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 3 |
On 7 September 1978, an Air Ceylon Hawker Siddeley HS 748 (registered 4R-ACJ) was destroyed in a fire following the explosion of a bomb in the aircraft while parked at Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the time, the pilot, first officer, and a ground crew worker were aboard; all three escaped unhurt.[1][2][3][4][5]
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