- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 30, 2000
Time: ?
Location: Near Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Operator: Military - Sri Lankan Air Force
Flight #: ?
Route: Jaffna/Palaly AFB - Anuradhapura AFB
AC Type: Antonov An-26
Registration: UR-79170
cn / ln: 13410
Aboard: 40   (passengers:36  crew:4)
Fatalities: 40   (passengers:36  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: The crew reported engine trouble 10 minutes before it crashed while en route. Members of the Liberation Tigers confessed to firing missiles at the plane.
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