Sri Lanka denied US warplanes landing permission after IRIS Dena sinking: President
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that US warplanes based in Djibouti, a critical maritime gateway between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, had requested to land on March 4, the day IRIS Dena was torpedoed and again on March 8, but Colombo denied permission both times.



