Colombo bound flight re-directed to Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram: A Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Bangkok to Colombo was re-directed to the Thiruvananthapuram airport late Friday night following the LTTE air attack in Colombo.
The aircraft with 110 passengers onboard, however, left for Colombo around 1 a.m. after getting clearance for its onward journey to the capital of the island nation, airport sources said here on Saturday.
Two light aircraft of the LTTE last night bombed Colombo hitting Sri Lanka's main Revenue Department building near the Air Force Headquarters, killing at least two persons before they were brought down by the military.
21/02/09 PTI/The Hindu

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