Air India Flight 182

Air India Flight 182 was a passenger plane which, on June 23, 1985, exploded from a bomb that was placed on the plane. The aircraft was going between Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, Montreal, Quebec, and New Delhi, India. It was an Air India Boeing 747-237B, registration VT-EFO. The bombing was called the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history, and the deadliest act of air terrorism before 9/11.

Air India Flight 182

The aircraft involved, VT-EFO, seen on 10 June 1985, less than two weeks before the bombing
Bombing summary
Date	23 June 1985 (1985-06-23)
Summary	Aviation bombing
Place	Atlantic Ocean, 120mi (190km) WSW of Waterville, Ireland 51°3.6′N 12°49′W
Passengers	307
Crew	22
Fatalities	329
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Boeing 747-237B (auxiliar engine)
Aircraft name	Emperor Kanishka
Airline/user	Air India
Registration	VT-EFO
Flew from	Toronto (as Flight 181) Montréal-Mirabel Int'l Airport Mirabel, Quebec, Canada
1st stopover	London Heathrow Airport London, United Kingdom
2nd stopover	Indira Gandhi Int'l Airport New Delhi, India
Flying to	Sahar International Airport Bombay, India

Accident

The flight was going between Montreal and New Delhi. The plane exploded when it was flying 31,000 feet over Atlantic Ocean South of Ireland. The bomb was hidden in a Sanyo tuner in a suitcase which was in the forward cargo hold. Around fifty-five minutes later after the loss of the aircraft, a suitcase which was checked in by one of the accused perpetrators in the bombing exploded at Japan’s Narita Airport and killed two baggage handlers and injured four other people nearby. The suitcase was on its way to another airliner at Narita. At least 329 people were killed in the explosion aboard flight 182.

Passengers

Most of the victims on-board were Canadians, but 27 came from the United Kingdom, and 10 more came from the United States, five from Brazil, four from Germany, three from France, two each from Italy and Australia, one each from Japan, Mexico, Russia, China, and Belgium. Four passengers and all 22 crew members were from India'

Nationality	Passengers	Crew	Total
Canada	268	0	268
United Kingdom	27	0	27
United States	10	0	10
Brazil	5	0	5
Germany	4	0	4
France	3	0	3
India	4	22	26
Italy	2	0	2
Australia	2	0	2
Japan	1	0	1
Mexico	1	0	1
Russia	1	0	1
China	1	0	1
Air India Flight 182 Media Air India 182 memorial, Toronto Ahakista Memorial of the Air India Crash. This memorial is situated at the south end of the land in this square. This picture was taken looking more or less north. The wreckage of VT-EFO, being used to reconstruct the entire plane, after the bombing. Irish Naval Service recovering bodies from the Air India Flight 182 disaster Inbound to Aberdeen A commemorative plaque presented to the citizens of Bantry, Ireland, by the government of Canada for the residents' kindness and compassion to the families of the victims of Air India Flight 182 Air India Flight 182 memorial in Toronto, Ontario Monument and playground in Stanley Park, Vancouver, commemorating victims of Flight 182, dedicated July 2007 Belgium||1||0||1
Total	307	22	329

Suspects

The suspects in the bombing were from the Sikh separatist group called the Babbar Khalsa:

• Talwinder Singh Parmar
• Inderjit Singh Reyat
• Ripudaman Singh Malik
• Ajaib Singh Bagri
• Surjan Singh Gill
• Hardial Singh Johal and Manmohan Singh
• Daljit Sandhu
• Lakhbir Singh Brar Rode