The personnel were preparing for a grappling demonstration when their Bell 212 careened into the reservoir at ... The Air Force operates a small fleet of Bell, Mi-17, and Mi-24 helicopters. Much of ...

A Bell 212 helicopter belonging to No. 07 Squadron at SLAF Base Hingurakgoda, crashed into the Maduru Oya Reservoir on today morning (09 May 2025), due to an emergency situation during the ...

A tragic Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopter crash occurred this morning (May 9) in the Maduru Oya reservoir, resulting in the deaths of six military personnel. According to SLAF Media Spokesperson ...

A tragic Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopter crash occurred this morning (May 9) in the Maduru Oya reservoir, resulting in ...

At least six security forces personnel were killed when a Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter, operated by the No. 7 Squadron, crashed into the Maduru Oya Reservoir during a training exercise ...

A field inspection at the site of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Bell 212 helicopter crash was carried out yesterday by the 9-member committee appointed by SLAF Commander Air Marshal Bandu Edirisinghe ...

The remainder of PSL 2025 has been postponed indefinitely.The PCB cited the “worsening of the situation” at the Pakistan-India border as the reason, saying the board had acted on advice from the ...

COLOMBO(News 1st) - The Sri Lanka Air Force says that work has begun to recover the Bell 212 helicopter that crashed into the Maduru Oya Reservoir. The Sri Lanka Air Force said that it is working ...

Operations have commenced to recover the Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) that crashed into the Maduru Oya Reservoir yesterday (09), claiming the lives of six military ...

A helicopter crash in Sri Lanka has killed six military personnel, an Air Force official said on Friday. A Bell 212 helicopter had crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir in central Sri Lanka with a ...

Colombo, May 10 (Daily Mirror) - Apossible mechanical failure is suspected to have caused the crash of a Us-made Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter into the Maduru Oya Reservoir during a ...

A military helicopter crashed into a reservoir in Sri Lanka on Friday, killing six armed forces personnel. Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 crashed into the reservoir in the north central region of ...