Air Tractors Land At Colombo Airport En-Route to Maldives

COLOMBO (News 1st); Three AT-802 air tractors touched down at the Colombo International Airport (Ratmalana) over the weekend.

The air tractors, arrived at CIAR from Cocos Island, Australia, and will depart for Velana Airport, Maldives.

AT-802 is an agricultural spraying or firefighting aircraft designed and developed by Air Tractor.

The aircraft’s agriculture or firefighting missions are accomplished using the 3,028l capacity chemical hopper placed between the engine firewall and the cockpit. The hopper is filled with fire retardant, foam or water.

Upon completing its maiden flight in October 1990, the aircraft entered into production in 1993 with two versions, AT-802 agricultural sprayer and AT-802F firefighter. AT-802 was put into service in 2002.

AT-802 has four variants including AT-802A, AT-802U, AT-802F/AT-802AF and AT-802A Fire Boss.

AT-802A is a single seat aircraft principally used for agricultural crop dusting or firefighting missions. It renders additional working capacity compared to that of conventional agricultural aircraft.