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Saptha Kanya Mountain In Sri Lanka

Lightning strikes Saptha Kanya mountain in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, on April 7, 2025. Martinair Flight 138 is a charter flight of Martinair from Surabaya to Jeddah with a stopover in Colombo. On December 4, 1974, the Douglas DC-8 operating the flight crashes into a mountain shortly before landing, killing all 191 people aboard, including 182 passengers, all of whom are Indonesian Hajj pilgrims, and nine crew members. The crash remains the deadliest in Sri Lankan aviation history. (Photo by Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID	#12239440
Date Taken	7 April 2025
Location	N/A
Photographer	Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto
Category	Weather
Copyright	© 2025 NurPhoto - Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto

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