What the records say
- When
- 15 Nov 1978
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 7.21° N, 79.90° E
- Description
- Aviation accident
- Deaths
- 183
- Injured
- 32
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Loftleiðir Flight 001
1978 aviation accident in Sri Lanka
Loftleiðir Flight 001 was a Hajj charter flight operated by a Douglas DC-8 which crashed on approach to Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 15 November 1978. The crash killed 183 out of 262 passengers and crew members. The official report by Sri Lankan authorities determined the probable cause of the crash to be the failure of the crew to conform to approach procedures; however, American and Icelandic authorities claimed faulty e…
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