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Sky Cabs Flight SCB702 Crash at Bandaranaike International Airport (RA-11302)

Colombo-Bandaranaike, Sri LankaLanding (descent or approach)

On March 24, 2000, an Antonov AN-12 (registration RA-11302) operated by Sky Cabs was involved in an aviation accident near Colombo-Bandaranaike, Sri Lanka during landing or approach. 9 people were killed. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: The aircraft accident occurred due to fuel starvation. This summary draws on records from the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A).

Sourcesthe Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A)Primary reportUpdated 2026-06-11Data APIEditorial standards

Sky Cabs Flight SCB702 crashed at Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka on March 24, 2000, after two failed approaches. Fuel starvation was the probable cause, with adverse weather and regulatory failures as contributory factors.

Flight Details and Departure Sky Cabs Flight SCB702 was a cargo flight that departed Bangkok, Thailand, at 0540 hours on March 24, 2000, bound for Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The scheduled flight time was five hours and twenty minutes, with an expected arrival at 1100 hours local time. The aircraft had been refueled in Bangkok, adding 6,681 kilograms of fuel to the remaining 8,300 kilograms, resulting in a total fuel load of 14,981 kilograms. The flight crew had recent experience operating AN 12 flights between BIA Colombo and Bangkok International Airport and had completed the return leg from Colombo to Bangkok earlier that day. The crew received weather reports from the Aero Meteorological Division prior to departure, and an air traffic control flight plan was filed with Male International Airport in the Maldives as the alternate.

Probable cause

The aircraft accident occurred due to fuel starvation.
Fuel exhaustion & starvation

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