Sepala Ekanayake (or Ekanayaka; born in Karatota, Matara, Sri Lanka) gained international notoriety after hijacking an Alitalia Boeing 747 with 340 passengers...
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General Deshamanya Don Sepala Attygalle, LVO (14 October 1921 – 15 January 2001) was a Sri Lankan army officer, civil servant and diplomat. The longest...
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Leonhard "Sepp" Seppala (/ˈlɛnərd ˈsɛpələ/; September 14, 1877 – January 28, 1967) was a Norwegian-Finnish-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher...
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Defence, Sri Lanka Gunawardena, Edward. "The drama behind the arrest of Sepala Eknayake". The Island-Saturday Magazine. Archived from the original on 20...
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Kuwait. There were no casualties. July 1, 1982: A Sri Lankan, identified as Sepala Ekanayake, 33 years old, hijacked an Alitalia Boeing 747 from Bangkok, Thailand...
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R.P Jayawardena Notable commanders Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka General Sepala Attygalle General Hamilton Wanasinghe Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa...
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1952–1953 Wing Commander Peter Horsley, AFC Royal Air Force 1953 Major Sepala Attygalle 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards 1954–1957 Lieutenant-Commander David...
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Alitalia Boeing 747 with 340 passengers was hijacked by a Sri Lankan man, Sepala Ekanayake. He demanded $300,000, for the plane to fly to Bangkok-Don Muang...
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(born 1980), Sri Lankan cricketer Sarath Ekanayake, Sri Lankan politician Sepala Ekanayake (born 1949), Sri Lankan hijacker T. B. Ekanayake (1954–2020),...
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Fernando 1990 Bomullage Dilipkumar Dharmasena John Arthur Ameratunge Carl Sepala Illangakoon Bertram Russell Heyn Victor Hettigoda Sangarapully Sellamuttu...
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