Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. On 23 June 1985, the airplane operating on the route was blown up in midair by a bomb in Irish airspace in the single deadliest terrorist attack involving an aircraft to that date. The incident represents the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. The explosion and downing of the carrier occurred within an hour of the related Narita Airport ...
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Air India Flight 182
Airliner accident
Date:
- Jun 23, 1985
Aircraft type:
Operator:
Passengers:
- 307
Crew:
- 22
Fatalities:
- 329
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