Palaly - Palaly

On January 20, 1997 at 05:15 AM, Palaly - Palaly experienced a crash involving Harbin Yunsunji Y-12, operated by Sri Lanka Air Force, with the event recorded near Jaffna (Palaly) Northern Province (<U+0BB5><U+0B9F> <U+0BAE><U+0BBE><U+0B95><U+0BBE><U+0BA3><U+0BAE><U+0BCD>).

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While completing a maritime patrol flight over the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka by night, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the sea. all four crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CR-851, MSN 0013, year of manufacture 1986.