Date:	Saturday 29 April 1995
Time:
Type:	British Aerospace BAe-748-357 Srs. 2B SCD
Owner/operator:	Sri Lanka Air Force
Registration:	4R-HVA
MSN:	1768
Year of manufacture:	1979
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Jaffna-Palaly AFB (JAF) -   Sri Lanka
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Anuradhapura Airport (ACJ/VCCA)
Destination airport:	Jaffna-Palaly Air Base (JAF/VCCJ)

Narrative:
When descending through 3000 feet towards Palaly AFB after a flight from Anuradhapura, the HS-748 was shot down with a SAM missile by Tamil separatists.
The day before Helitours' other HS-748 had been shot down by Tamils.

Air Safety Week 15 May 1995 (p. 3)
CNN text 29.4.95
Scramble 195(51)
Scramble 194(60)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); March 1981

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