Aviation accidents in Sri Lanka
CrashAtlas records 30 aviation accidents in Sri Lanka, accounting for 779 fatalities. Entries are ordered by loss of life, and each one links through to the full accident record.
30
Recorded accidents
779
Fatalities in this listing
1943–2020
Years covered
| Date | Flight | Aircraft | Country | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-12-04 | Martinair Holland 138 | Douglas DC-8-55F | Sri Lanka | 191 |
| 1978-11-15 | Loftleidir, opf Garuda Indonesia Airways 001 | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF | Sri Lanka | 183 |
| 1995-09-13 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR861 | Antonov An-32B | Sri Lanka | 75 |
| 1995-11-22 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR862 | Antonov An-32B | Sri Lanka | 63 |
| 1998-09-29 | Lionair, lsf Gomelavia 602 | Antonov An-24RV | Sri Lanka | 55 |
| 1995-04-29 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR834 | British Aerospace BAe-748-357 Srs. 2B SCD | Sri Lanka | 50 |
| 1995-04-28 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR835 | British Aerospace BAe-748-334 Srs. 2A | Sri Lanka | 47 |
| 2000-03-30 | Sri Lanka Air Force, lsf Avialinii AAR · UR-79170 | Antonov An-26 | Sri Lanka | 40 |
| 1992-07-05 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR872 | Shaanxi Y-8D | Sri Lanka | 18 |
| 1986-05-03 | Air Lanka · 4R-ULD | Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 100 | Sri Lanka | 14 |
| 1947-03-18 | Royal Air Force - RAF · MW198 | Avro 685 York C.1 | Sri Lanka | 11 |
| 2000-03-24 | Sky Cabs, lsf Antey · RA-11302 | Antonov An-12BK | Sri Lanka | 6 |
| 2002-08-15 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR873 | Shaanxi Y-8 | Sri Lanka | 5 |
| 1995-11-18 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR871 | Shaanxi Y-8D | Sri Lanka | 5 |
| 2014-12-12 | Sri Lanka Air Force · SCM-864 | Antonov An-32B | Sri Lanka | 5 |
| 2020-01-03 | Sri Lanka Air Force · SCL-857 | Harbin Y-12-II | Sri Lanka | 4 |
| 1997-01-20 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR851 | Harbin Y-12-II | Sri Lanka | 4 |
| 1997-02-21 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR865 | Antonov An-32B | Sri Lanka | 3 |
| 1961-11-15 | Indian Airlines · VT-DIH | Vickers 768D Viscount | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 2001-07-24 | SriLankan Airlines · 4R-ADD | Airbus A340-312 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 1951-04-12 | Royal Air Force - RAF · TG552 | Handley Page Hastings C.1 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 2001-07-24 | SriLankan Airlines · 4R-ALF | Airbus A330-243 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 1978-09-07 | Air Ceylon · 4R-ACJ | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-212 Srs. 2 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 2001-07-24 | SriLankan Airlines · 4R-ALE | Airbus A330-243 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 1950-10-03 | Royal Air Force - RAF · SZ569 | Short Sunderland GR.5 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 1945-11-03 | Royal Air Force - RAF · MW120 | Avro 685 York C.1 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 2003-06-14 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR866 | Antonov An-32B | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 1943-12-09 | Marine Luchtvaart Dienst - MLD · Y-78 | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 1997-03-06 | Sri Lanka Air Force · CR856 | Harbin Y-12-II | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 1947-10-30 | Royal Air Force - RAF · MW111 | Avro 685 York C.1 | Sri Lanka | 0 |