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Commemoration taking place in Co Cork to mark 30th anniversary of Air India disaster

A commemoration's taking place in County Cork this morning to mark 30 years since the Air India d...
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07.49 23 Jun 2015


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Commemoration taking place in Co Cork to mark 30th anniversary of Air India disaster

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A commemoration's taking place in County Cork this morning to mark 30 years since the Air India disaster.

329 people died when a bomb exploded on board Air India Flight 182, off the County Cork coast on this day in 1985.

The flight was flying from Montreal in Canada to New Delhi, with a scheduled stopover in London.

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Only one person has ever been convicted in relation to the atrocity.

Another bomb was intended for a separate Air India flight leaving Tokyo on the same day. However the bomb exploded at Narita Airport before being loaded onto the plane, killing two baggage handlers.

The bombings are believed to have been a retaliation for the Indian government's storming of a holy Sikhism shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Relatives of those who died in the bombing of the Air India plane will attend a ceremony in Ahakista, west Cork this morning.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan is this morning representing the Government and the Canadian Minister of Justice and the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs will also attend.

Eddie Cassidy of the Irish Examiner says those on board were given no warning before the plane exploded at 31,000 feet:


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