Jonathan Benedict

I identify as Invisible. Although born visible, I am now trans..parent.
Applicable pronouns are: Who/Where 🇱🇰

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

Grateful to God to have begun a new journey last night. Felt like a bit of a dream getting behind the mic again. Thankful to join the best news network in #lka. Hope my contribution stays relevant. Thank you @milindarj & @IndeewariA for the opportunity.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

Dear @VraieB. This is the Wellawatte canal. The shanties along the canal road dump their garbage along the canal. This plus all the garbage from Colombo flows out onto our Dehiwela beach and it's causing severe pollution. Not a very #CleanSriLanka. Please help. Thanks.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

Hope @flysrilankan is being inspired to up their game following this tragedy. Most of our planes' in-flight entertainment, seat rests and cabin call buttons don't work.
#Rip all those who paid with their lives today for the incompetence of the Aeroplane.

[IndiaToday @IndiaToday]

“I Flew on the Same Plane Just Hours Before It Crashed” — Akash Vatsa’s Chilling Account of Air India Flight AI171

Akash Vatsa, a passenger who flew on Air India’s Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner from Delhi to Ahmedabad just two hours before the tragic crash of Flight AI171, shared a harrowing firsthand account of technical issues aboard the aircraft. Posting on X (formerly Twitter), he revealed multiple malfunctions during his earlier flight, including non-functional air conditioning, inoperative in-flight entertainment screens, unresponsive cabin crew call buttons, and faulty reading lights. Passengers were seen fanning themselves with magazines due to the lack of air conditioning.

Akash recorded and shared videos highlighting these problems, intending to alert Air India, but later deleted his posts. His experience has raised serious questions as the same aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad en route to London Gatwick, killing many onboard.

The crash occurred minutes after takeoff, with the plane reaching an altitude of approximately 825 feet before rapidly descending and crashing into a residential area near the airport. Investigations by aviation authorities are ongoing.

Akash’s video and testimony provide a rare glimpse into potential pre-existing issues on the aircraft, adding a dramatic and personal dimension to the unfolding tragedy.

Visual credit : Akash Vatsa/X

#AirIndia #AhmedabadNews #Gujarat #PlaneCrash #ITReel

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

60 odd prisoners suspiciously pardoned, 323 containers allowed into #lka without any checking, over 50 reported shootings for 2025..

But y'day someone's maid was arrested, & today we've confirmed the number of monkeys in SL cos...

#priorities

Excellent stuff @anuradisanayake

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

Fascinated by public outcry against Pres @anuradisanayake over Vesak Scandal & the criminalising of the prisons commissioner for an order the Pres signed. Only cos the same folk were happy to string up Keheliya for the same decision that a whole cabinet approved.
#BANANAREPUBLIC

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@CSEStock_Guru @RajapaksaNamal @anuradisanayake Same thing happened with Keheliya, but everyone was happy to see him thrown into prison

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

This was the highest point of US-China relations. #TradeWar

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@Dailymirror_SL on point with its grammar..has the suspect just been identified? Or is the identified suspect Sunil Watagala? 😒😒

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@diyasenn @Uber That's disgusting. Hope your wife is OK and isn't scarred by this sewage.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@anuradisanayake Shall we first bring some red rice into the market? Seeing as that we cultivate paddy in this country?

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@sarathds191 I buy red rice for my aged parents who've both been prescribed it by a doctor to control diabetes u sanctimonious muppet.

& that's besides the point. The complete lack of priorities by our rulers was. If u took a glance at the world outside your rectum, u would've grasped that.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@sajithpremadasa He's a friend of @RW_SRILANKA. His hair stylist to be exact..

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@Chathurangaab Why don't u people collaborate to ensure sufficient red rice in the market? After all, that's also another cultivation we..er..cultivate.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

#lka being a paddy cultivating, farming nation with such limited rice is tragic. There's no red, slightly red/rosa rice anywhere! But we are practising for Independence Day, filing cases at the bribery & appointing Air
Marshals. #priorities

*pics taken from the economic center

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

I have to wonder if the #Dehiwela @SL_PoliceMedia is getting some kickback from these beach establishments to so brazenly ignore ALL the residents concerns & rights infringements who have been there for over 50 years and back these places that are mostly run by dodgy folk.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

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Dear @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA @SL_PoliceMedia, this is your #CleanSriLanka. Residents are seriously inconvenienced with parties going on till 3am every day, Dehiwela Police turning a blind eye, & the owners of this places claiming that under this govt, it's their right.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@fernandomnby @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA @SL_PoliceMedia Solution is to have their music confined to their space. It doesn't need to be heard 500 meters away. Solution is abide by the law and switch off loud music by 12. Solution is, don't encourage drug distribution.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

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Dear @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA @SL_PoliceMedia, this is your #CleanSriLanka. Residents are seriously inconvenienced with parties going on till 3am every day, Dehiwela Police turning a blind eye, & the owners of this places claiming that under this govt, it's their right.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@imk404 @fernandomnby @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA @SL_PoliceMedia We have no problem with them conducting their business as long as it is done respecting the lives of those around. The sound pollution is insane. None of the neighbours have had a decent night's sleep since December 22nd. The bass reverberates through the whole house.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@TheTempleDoggy @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA @SL_PoliceMedia Thank you. That's actually being implemented as we spean. Thank you.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@AflalFarouk It's already birthed fresh issues. Drugs are being distributed but nothing is being done by @SL_PoliceMedia.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

@rangaba @Jamz5251 @dinidu @AthaudaDasuni @SriLankaTweet @AzzamAmeen @kulanthisilva please help share awareness. People are suffering and have been suffering for months.

[Jonathan Benedict @jonoben]

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@SL_PoliceMedia instead of going after spoilers on cars, please stop this menace. Dehiwela (marine drive section) has been a residential area since 1948. Now these thugs claim that under the new government, by force it's a commercial area. No justice. No #CleanSriLanka.