Helicopters impounded in Sri Lanka
Two helicopter parts netted at the airport
Sunday, January 23, 2005, 15:18 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Jan 23, Colombo: Two unassembled helicopters, which arrived with tsunami aid supplies, have been taken into custody by airport authorities at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
Sources said the importers had not gotten Defence Ministry or Civil Aviation Authority permission and the parts were confiscated as ‘a potential threat to national security’.
They had been packed in several boxes and imported into the country, sources said. Soon after the recovery, the Air Force took over the parts until the investigation is completed.