Aviation accidents in Sri Lanka

5 accidents and incidents are recorded in Sri Lanka (1986–2026), with 25 people killed and 0 seriously injured. 40% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1986 to 1 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Air Lanka Flight 512, Bandaranaike International Airport (May 3, 1986) · 21 killed
2. 2020 SLAF Y-12 Crash, Haputale (Jan 3, 2020) · 4 killed
3. Piper PA38, Katukurunda, OF (Dec 22, 2021) · 0 killed
4. Airbus A330, Katunayake, OF (Jan 9, 2024) · 0 killed
5. Cessna 208, Nuwara Eliya, LK (Jan 7, 2026) · 0 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.