1978 Air Ceylon Avro HS 748 bombing

1978 airline bombing July 2019 July 2020 1978 Air Ceylon HS 748 bombing G-BEJD Avro 748 series 1 Janes Aviation cvt 15-03-93 (47005819344).jpg A HS 748 similar to one involved in the crash Bombing yes 1978 09 07 Bomb explosion Ratmalana Airport Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Air Ceylon 4R-ACJ Jaffna International Airport, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, Malé, Maldives 3 0 3 0 0 3 On 7 September 1978, a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 (registered 4R-ACJ) owned by Air Ceylon 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.Air Ceylon 1978 bomb incident at the Aviation Safety NetworkVliegtuig ontploft https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011200335:mpeg21:a0359 De Telegraaf 8 September 1978 Delpher nlOntploffing in Vliegtuig ontploft op luchthaven Colombo https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011018260:mpeg21:a0042 8 September 1978 Nieuwsblad van het Noorden Delpher nlVliegtuig ontploft op luchthaven Colombo https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010620921:mpeg21:a0292 8 September 1978 Leeuwarder Courant Delpher nl Background The explosion followed shortly after Air Ceylon had stopped most of their foreign flights as it had $6 million in debt due to mismanagement. The aircraft 4R-ACJ was at the time the only usable aircraft of the airline. It was used on the regular flight between Colombo and Jaffna.Uitgevlogen https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=KBPERS01:002947007:mpeg21:a00124 8 September 1978 Algemeen Dagblad Delpher nl Incident On 7 September 1978, the Air Ceylon HS748 landed in Ratmalana Airport following an internal flight from Jaffna Airport. A replacement crew - Captain Ronnie Perera and First Officer Ranjit Pedris - boarded the aircraft to ferry it to Bandaranaike International Airport for the next scheduled flight to Malé, capital of the Maldives. When they started the pre-flight checklist, Captain Perera found the cabin untidy and ordered it cleaned, delaying take-off. Pedris continued the pre-flight checks while Perera supervised cleaning. Shortly thereafter an explosion rocked the aircraft. Pedris was in the cockpit and exited the aircraft, while Perera and the cleaner exited the aircraft from the rear door. The control tower alerted emergency services which responded, but equipment limitations prevented them from stopping the fire from destroying the aircraft completely. Had the flight not been delayed for cleaning, the bomb would have detonated mid-flight; the delay likely saved many lives.Thiedeman Roger The day the Avro was bombed http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980906/plus2.html 8 July 2019 Sunday Times Sri Lanka 6 September 1998 An immediate cordon of the airport was carried out and all passengers on the flight from Jaffna were detained and questioned. Captain Errol Cramer, pilot of the flight from Jaffna to Colombo, had noticed two passengers loitering in the cabin before departing. In the subsequent investigation, two men who had traveled on that flight were arrested, tried and convicted of placing a bomb under a seat before leaving the aircraft. They were identified as members of the movement that later became the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. See also Air Lanka Flight 512 Lionair Flight 602 Sri Lanka Aviation References Sri Lanka Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Category:Airliner bombings Category:Attacks on civilians attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1978 Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 1978 Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks against airliners Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War I Category:September 1978 in Asia Category:SriLankan Airlines accidents and incidents Category:Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1978 Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Sri Lanka Category:Terrorist incidents in Colombo Category:20th century in Colombo Category:Terrorist attacks on airports in Sri Lanka Category:Explosions in Colombo