What the records say
- When
- 16 Sep 2000
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 7.30° N, 80.40° E
- Description
- 2000 helicopter crash in Sri Lanka
- Deaths
- 15
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2000 SLAF Mi-17 crash
2000 helicopter crash in Sri Lanka
On 16 September 2000, a Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter operated by the Sri Lanka Air Force crashed on the Urakanda mountain range near Aranayaka, in the Kegalle District, after departing Bambalapitiya Police Grounds. The helicopter was carrying Minister of Shipping, Ports and Rehabilitation M. H. M. Ashraff and 14 others. Everyone on board was killed.
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