Accident Mil Mi-17-1V CH587,
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Date:Monday 22 January 1996
Time:12:00 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-17-1V
Owner/operator:Sri Lanka Air Force
Registration: CH587
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:off Point Pedro, Jaffna -   Sri Lanka
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Jaffna-Palaly Airport (JAF/VCCJ)
Destination airport:Vettilaikerni
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Shot down by LTTE, plummeting into the Indian Ocean.

Sources:

Military Aviation Disasters, by David Gero, p165
http://web.archive.org/web/20121123090555/http://www.scramble.nl:80/milbase.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Jan-2011 16:48 krasatpi Added
19-Feb-2011 15:42 TB Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Feb-2011 16:49 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Jan-2022 14:53 Prometheus Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport]

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