ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324579
| Date: | Wednesday 22 November 1995 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-32B |
| Owner/operator: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
| Registration: | CR862 |
| MSN: | 3503 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 62 / Occupants: 62 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km off Jaffna -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Colombo (unknown airport) |
| Jaffna-Palaly Air Base (JAF/VCCJ) |
Around 17:20 the An-32 approached Palaly AFB. The aircraft crashed into the sea, shortly after the pilot had asked the runway lights to be switched on.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Scramble 204(48)
Location
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