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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
| name = 1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748(CR835) shootdown
| image = Hawker Siddeley HS-748 Srs2A-288LFD, Belgium - Air Force AN1188407.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt = 
| caption = An Avro 748 similar to the aircraft shot down
| occurrence_type = <!--Use "Accident", "Incident" or (default) "Occurrence"-->
| date = {{start date|1995|04|28}}
| summary = Shot down by LTTE guerillas
| site = {{convert|0.2|km|nmi mi|abbr=on}} from Jaffna-Palaly AFB (JAF)
| coordinates = {{coord|9|48|46|N|80|5|16|E|type:event|display=inline,title}}
| passengers = 42
| crew = 3
| injuries = 
| fatalities = 45
| missing = 
| survivors = 0
| aircraft_type = [[Avro 748-334 Srs. 2A]]
| aircraft_name = 
| operator = [[Sri Lanka Air Force]] (SLAF)
| tail_number = CR835 / 4R-HVB
| origin = [[Jaffna International Airport]]
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| destination = [[Ratmalana Airport]]
}}
[[Sri Lanka Air Force]] Avro 748 CR835 was shot down on 28 April 1995 by a [[SA-7]] missile fired by the [[LTTE]]. The plane, an [[Avro 748-334 Srs. 2A]] airliner, was en route to [[Ratmalana Airport]] and was shot down soon after take-off from [[SLAF Palaly]]. All 51 crew and passengers were killed.<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/971026/spec.html Probe-team blasts Air Chief]</ref>

Following the breakdown of peace talks and [[Eelam War III|resumption of hostilities]] in April 1995, the Sri Lanka Air Force maintained its routine flights in and out of [[Jaffna]] from SLAF Palaly. As per schedule a SLAF Avro 748, serial no CR835 and regn 4R-HVB, took off from SLAF Palaly on 28 April 1995, crashed into the sea, killing all 51 crew and passengers, which included [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] Roger Weerasinghe, Northern Zonal Commander of the SLAF and four Sri Lanka Army personnel, who had been wounded in a [[LTTE]] attack on [[Kayts]] Island the previous day.

Soon after take-off in heavy rain, the No.2 engine caught fire, prompting a return to Palaly, but on final approach the right wing failed and the aircraft crashed into the sea.<ref name=asnslaf748280495>{{cite web|title=Accident record|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950428-1|website=aviation-safety.net|accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref>

Initial response of the Sri Lankan military and government was that the crash was due to engine trouble, however, the next day [[1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 (CR834) shootdown|another Avro 748 which was sent with an investigation team was also shot down]], prompting SLAF headquarters to state that both Avro 748s were shot down.<ref>[http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=80180 US powered Israeli jets enhance SLAF capability]</ref>

== See also ==
* [[1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 (CR834) shootdown]]
* [[Lionair Flight 602]]

== References ==
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