Accident
On 4 December 1974, Martinair Flight 138, a charter flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a scheduled stopover in Colombo, Sri Lanka, crashed into a mountain shortly before landing. The aircraft was a Douglas DC-8 operated by Martinair. All 191 people on board—182 passengers, all of whom were Indonesian Hajj pilgrims, and nine crew members—died in the crash.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Douglas DC-8. No other details about the specific aircraft were provided in the source.
Victims
The flight carried 182 passengers, all Indonesian Hajj pilgrims, and nine crew members. No survivors were reported.
Aftermath
The crash remains the deadliest in Sri Lankan aviation history and the third-deadliest involving a Douglas DC-8, after Arrow Air Flight 1285R and Nigeria Airways Flight 2120. At the time of the accident, it was the second-deadliest aviation disaster in history, surpassed only by Turkish Airlines Flight 981, which occurred earlier in 1974.