London - Zurich - Dubai - Colombo - Male

On May 3, 1986 at 09:05 AM, London - Zurich - Dubai - Colombo - Male experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, operated by Air Lanka, with the event recorded near Colombo-Bandaranaike Western Province (<U+0BAE><U+0BC7><U+0BB2><U+0BCD> <U+0BAE><U+0BBE><U+0B95><U+0BBE><U+0BA3><U+0BAE><U+0BCD>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was parking at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

150 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 134 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 10.7%.

Crew on board: 22, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 128, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While parked at Colombo-Bandaranaike Airport, the aircraft was preparing for the last leg to Male. Ground personnel was still servicing the aircraft with fuel and catering and about 150 people were on board when an explosion occurred in the rear part of the cabin. The aircraft was cut in two and partially destroyed by fire. 46 people were injured, 88 were unhurt and 16 passengers were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 4R-ULD, MSN 193P-1061, year of manufacture 1974.