Four persons were injured when a private-owned light aircraft – Cessna 172 was forced to make an emergency landing in the Kimbulapitiya area, Katunayake.
The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing due to a technical defect, according to a senior officer of the Airport and Aviation Services.
The injured persons – two male and female pilots and two passengers, both foreigners were rushed to the Negombo hospital.
The aircraft sustained heavy damages.
The incident was the second such incident in two weeks after an aircraft on a training mission made an emergency landing in Payagala. Two persons on board escaped without injuries.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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