The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bandaranaike Airport attack">Bandaranaike Airport attack</a> is carried out by 14 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Tamil Tiger</a> commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka Air Force">Sri Lanka Air Force</a> are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> economy.