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LTTE released photo of the two dead Pilots

by Sri Lanka Army news | February 21, 2009 at 12:32 am

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1. LTTE‘s Suicide Air Raid targeting Colombo Fails.

2. 2 Air Craft gun down.

3. 2 Pilots dead Bodies found

4. 50 injured and 2 died.

5. Luck Seven Mission faild

Pro LTTE web site released photograph of the two Black Air Tigers named Col. Roopan and Lt. Col. Siriththiran with LTTE leader Velupillai Pirapaharan before the mission.This indicate LTEE leader still inside the Sri Lankan terrotiry.

(20/02/2009)Yesterday night between 9.00 pm -10.00 pm Colombo sky was like fireworks festival. Air defense system activated after receiving an information about ltte air attack. At that time Colombo was under darkness as there was a Power cut.Later both aircraft were destroyed.

At the moment Sri Lankan Forces have been gun down 3 Ltte tigers Air Crafts and according to the unreliable sources one is believed to be destroyed over an Artillery fire or a MBRL fire.Two of them destroyed by themselves.

Last & the 7th LTTE's Air Strip Captured by Sri Lankan Army on 3rd February2009.Hence now LTTE haven’t any Runway for takeoff Light Air Crafts. But they used roads for takeoff and landings this time.

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Amitjha

at 02:53 on February 21st, 2009

My god, after the tall claims of Srilankan army, from where these ltte USED THESE AGE OLD PLANES TO ATTACK CAPITAL.

factual (not verified)

at 11:20 on February 21st, 2009

Well the army said they captured air raids..Not air planes...No need to capture them since LTTE sends those planes to attack mudpits in colombo and get shot frm the air-force just like what happened yesterday!!

israeli.agent

at 03:05 on February 21st, 2009

" ....USED THESE AGE OLD PLANES TO ATTACK CAPITAL."

Z-143 is the aircraft they used in their "airwing". Max speed 265 km/h, introduced in 1992. As far as aircrafts concerned, this is not an age old plane.

Wiki Link is here

.Agent.

Hiranya Malwatta

at 06:18 on February 21st, 2009

Army never claimed they have destroyed all LTTE zlin crafts before, and the so-called "attack" got the LTTE lose their 2 aircrafts, 2 pilots and cost the lives of 2 civilians in the Capital.

miauw (not verified)

at 15:59 on February 21st, 2009

well, one aircraft fulfilled its work... n i hope there r more 2 cme!

sudharaka

at 00:38 on February 23rd, 2009

@ miauw (not verified)

"meow, meow" : I thot I saw a pussycat ;-)

It might very well be one of the last few "meows" from the "poor kitties."

israeli.agent

at 20:05 on February 23rd, 2009

:-)

Usually in human countries such aircrafts are used by hobbyists , boyscouts and NCC (national cadet corps - organizations that provide some kind of military training to school / collegue children - to instill disipline and make them better human beings). Only species who had their head replaced with a vaccum cleaner would form an "air farse" with such toys and send and spend trained pilots to attack a modern airforce like that of Sri Lankans.

But I must agree, from the reactions of the Sri Lankan sources , that pirapaharan indeed achieved the "element of surprise" with this "attack".

:-))

.Agent.