ප්ලේන් කඩං වැටෙයි බය නිසා තාත්තා කවදාවත් රට ගියේ නැහැ - මිල්ටන් පුතු කියයි

His son Ranil has stated that Milton Mallawarachchi is the only artist who never took a flight. He said this while participating in Rangan's program.

"Actually, father never traveled abroad. He has seen the airport—when going to drop someone off, or when picking someone up. But he never went abroad. The reason for that is he was afraid the flight would crash. Because back then, in the 1970s, when there were shows in Jaffna, all the other singers would go by plane from Ratmalana. He would go to Jaffna by train. Getting on the train... those people would reach Jaffna in about half an hour. He would travel alone to Jaffna by train for about six or seven hours. He was afraid the plane would crash. Otherwise, he said, 'If a ship comes, I can come.'"

They first talked to father about these foreign tours... In the 70s, they discussed a tour to England. At that time, father's friends tried hard to tell him—"In Australia, in England... Come on, Milton, come on, I'm here for you."

"If you want, I'll sing my songs while I'm here, but I won't come there," he said, "Even if you send a ticket, I won't go." That was due to fear. But that's what fate is, in the end, his grandson Pavan became a pilot!