During December in sri Lanka will be mist and cold. Specially in the hill country side. Due to decreasing temperature, the water present in the atmosphere is also decrease to form mist.
Domestic geese can be any color between completely gray (wild type) to completely white, but they are always big and blocky with a different bill shape
41 years have passed since the dreadful air accident that occurred in Sri Lanka. The accident occurred at the fifth mountain of the range of hills in Maskeliya, popularly known as “SapthaKanya” or “Seven Virgins mountains” when it crashed into ‘Seven Virgins’ on December 4th, 1974, making it Sri Lanka’s worst ever air tragedy. Martin Air DC-8 aircraft belonging to Holland crashed after hitting the Mountain while it was flying over the Castlereigh Reservoir in Norwood on its way to Mecca. The disaster occurred on December 04th in the year 1974. The McDonnell Douglas DC-8 55f airplane chartered by Garuda Indonesian Airways and operated by Martin air, Holland was carrying 249 Mecca pilgrims and all Icelandic crew of 13. It commenced its journey from the Surabaya Airport in Indonesia about 17.30 hours (Sri Lankan time) for Jeddah with a scheduled technical stop at Katunayake International Airport. The sound of the aircraft exploding, on its impact...
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