Type:
Douglas
DC-3
Operator: Ceylon
Airways
Year
built:
Crew:
0 fatalities / 3 on
board
Passengers:
0 fatalities / 21 on
board
Total:
0 fatalities / 24 on
board
Location:
Trichinopoly (Sri
Lanka)
Phase:
Landing
Nature: Scheduled Passenger
Flight:
Jaffna - Trichinopoly
(Flightnumber )
Remarks:
The aircraft crashed on its landing phase.
Time:
08.51
Type:
Vickers
768D Viscount
Operator: Indian Airlines
Year
built: 1957
Crew:
0 fatalities / 6 on
board
Passengers: 0 fatalities / 36 on
board
Total:
0 fatalities / 42 on
board
Location: Colombo-Ratmalana (Sri
Lanka)
Phase:
Landing
Nature:
Scheduled Passenger
Flight:
Chennai (Madras) -
Colombo-Ratmalana (Flightnumber )
Remarks:
The Indian Airlines Viscount touched down about one third down the runway of Colombo-Ratmalana. The gear then retracted, causing the plane to swerving to the left off the runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: "The co-pilot interfered with the controls, and initiated overshoot action without any instructions from the captain, by opening the throttles and retracting the undercarriage at the critical stage of landing just after touchdown.