Lionair Flight 602
Kankesanturai Airport, Jaffna, Sri Lanka | |
Destination | Ratmalana Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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Occupants | 55 |
Passengers | 48 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 55 |
Survivors | 0 |
Lionair Flight 602 was a
Aircraft and crew
The Antonov AN-24RV was leased from Belarusian company Gomelavia[1] to operate Flight 602. It was captained by Anatoli Matochko and had six other crew including a Sinhalese stewardess. There were 48 passengers, all Tamils, including 17 females and 8 children.[2][3]
Crash
The aircraft went missing ten minutes after taking off from
Pre-crash warnings
Lionair, the main operator of Colombo-Jaffna flights, received a warning letter a month before the incident from the Tamil Eelam Administrative Service, stating that if the airline continued to ignore a prior warning about carrying Sri Lanka Armed Forces personnel, it would be attacked after 14 September. The airline closed its office in Jaffna four days before the incident.[3]
Investigation
In October 2012, the
The Navy salvaged the first pieces of the wreckage in May 2013, nearly 15 years after the event.[6] Clothing and remains from 22 victims recovered in the salvage operation were put on display in Jaffna for identification in January 2014.[2]
See also
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
- Korean Air Lines Flight 007
- Air Lanka Flight 512
- Air Ceylon Avro 748 4R-ACJ bombing
References
- ^ Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 November 2006.
- ^ a b c Nathaniel, Camelia (12 January 2014). "Remains Of Lion Air Victims Displayed". The Sunday Leader. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "Shattered dreams behind Lion Air mystery". Sunday Times. 4 October 1998.
- ^ Mehta, Ashok K. (4 April 2000). "More than ever, Eelam seems a reality now". India's Vietnam: The IPKF in Sri Lanka: 10 Years On. Rediff.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Navy salvage wreckage of Lion Air". Ministry of Defense and Urban Development. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Rutnam, Easwaran (5 May 2013). "Lionair Flight 602 salvaged". Colombo Gazette.