Air India Flight 182
1985 bombing of an Air India Boeing 747-237B over the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Date | 23 June 1985 (1985-06-23) |
Summary | Aviation bombing |
Site | Atlantic Ocean, 120mi (190km) WSW of Waterville, Ireland 51°3.6′N 12°49′W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-237B (auxiliar engine) |
Aircraft name | Emperor Kanishka |
Operator | Air India |
IATA flight No. | AI182 |
ICAO flight No. | AIC182 |
Call sign | AIRINDIA 182 |
Registration | VT-EFO |
Flight origin | 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 |
Destination | Sahar International Airport Bombay, India |
Passengers | 307 |
Crew | 22 |
Fatalities | 329 |
Survivors | 0 |
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