Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001
- Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001
Infobox Airliner accident|name = Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001
Date = November 15, 1978
Site = Katunayake, Sri Lanka
Fatalities = 184
Injuries = 82
Origin = Jeddah International Airport
(former)
Destination = Colombo International Airport
Aircraft Type = Douglas DC-8
Operator = Icelandic Airlines
Tail Number = airreg|TF|FLA|disaster
Passengers = 258
Crew = 13 (all Icelandic)
Survivors = 82
The crash of Icelandic Airlines's charter flight, LL 001, occurred on November 15 1978 at the international airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka when the Douglas DC-8 crashed on approach just short of the runway. The crash took the lives 8 of 13 Icelandic crew members and 179 (mostly Indonesian) Muslim pilgrims, out of a total of 258 passengers and crew. The official report by Sri Lankan authorities gave the probable cause of the crash as being failure of the crew to conform to approach procedures. It is the worst crash in Icelandic aviation history.
The flight departed Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, en route to Surabaya, in Indonesia. It was to land at Colombo-Bandaranaike International Airport for a refueling stop and crew rotation. Thunderstorms were in the area, and windshear was an issue.
ee also
*List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
References and external links
* [http://atcsl.tripod.com/sri_lanka_loftleider.htm Official committee of enquiry report on crash]
* [http://bokatidindi.oddi.is/listi/bokavefur/bokatidindi_ytarlegt.php?b_id=4385&argangur=2006] Book about the crash.
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?front=yes&s=1&keywords=TF-FLA Pre-crash photos from Airliners.net]
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