Death due to accident -AF Chief

4 March 2011 02:29 am

Air Force Commander Air Marshal Harsha Abeywickrema yesterday said the death of Flight Lt. Monath Perera was due to the midair crash and that he was in good health.

“But according to the postmortem he had dies due to a heart attack.  I am unable say anything about it,” he said.

“Flight Lt. Monath was young and in good health,” Air Marshall Abewickrama told the relatives of the late Monath Perera yesterday when he visited to pay his last respects at the residence of the pilot in Kithlampitiya, Galle.

“Pilots like Monath routinely undergo medical checks. He had under gone a medical test a month ago. Even blood pressure was tested before and after a sortie,’ he said..

The Air Force Commander explained that it was certain that the death was due the accident. He said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had instructed the SLAF to meet the funeral expenses and provide all assistance.

(Sajeewa Wijeweera and Jayantha Umagiliya)