Vickers Viscount crash, Nov 15, 1961, Colombo-Ratmalana W...
Vickers Viscount accident on November 15, 1961 near Colombo-Ratmalana Western Province, Sri Lanka with no fatalities. Cause: Investigation found that...
- Date: November 15, 1961
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Colombo-Ratmalana Western Province, Sri Lanka
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Investigation found that the copilot changed the throttles and retracted the undercarriage just after touchdown, starting an overshoot without the captain's instruction, an action the report called unauthorized.