Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 08:05 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 15, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has announced that a PT6 trainer aircraft belonging to the No. 1 Flying Training Wing at SLAF Academy China Bay has crashed into a canal near the Janaranjana Wewa in Sooriyapura, Kantale.
The pilot who was trapped inside the craft has died, the police said.
The crash site is approximately 14 nautical miles away from SLAF Academy China Bay and the pilot of the aircraft was a trainee Officer Cadet who was on a solo training mission.
“The aircraft which took off from the China Bay airfield at around 1305 Hrs today had lost radio communication with the air traffic control tower at China Bay at approximately 1315 Hrs before being reported to have crashed,” SLAF said.
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The Trainee Pilot of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) PT-6 Trainer Aircraft that crashed near the Janranjana Tank in Sooriyapura, Kantale on Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 15), passed away, Sri Lanka Air Force confirmed.
“Officer Cadet K.R.S.V.B. Amarakoon, the trainee pilot aboard this flight was airlifted to the District General Hospital – Trincomalee by SLAF Bell-212 Helicopter by medical and rescue personnel of Sri Lanka Air Force; where it was proclaimed that he had sustained injuries and died during the crash,” Group Captain Dushan Wijesinghe, SLAF Spokesperson told News 1st on Tuesday evening (Dec. 15).