1949 to 1969

Date:            21.12.1949       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. Date:            15.11.1961     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.