Air India Flight 182

hii sir, I heard that the Air India Flight 182 has bomb Blast in the year 1985 will you please provide me the some details about the Air India Flight 182 Accident ?

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Air India Flight 182 was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal, Canada–London, UK–Delhi, India route. On 23 June 1985, the Boeing 747-237B serving the flight (c/n 21473/330, registration VT-EFO, "Emperor Kanishka") was destroyed by a bomb at an altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m). It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while in Irish airspace


Most official accounts place responsibility for the attack on Sikh extremism. Tensions between Sikh and Hindus and other groups date to before the Partition of British India in 1947.

Victims :

Country Passengers Crew Total
Canada 268 0 268
United Kingdom 27 0 27
India 2 22 24
USA 10 0 10
Total 307 22 329

Notable passengers and crew include:
Yelavarthy Nayudamma (Scientist and chemical engineer)
Inder Thakur (Air India purser, former actor)

Mistakes :

Previous warning

The Canadian government had been warned by the Indian government about the possibility of terrorist bombs aboard Air India flights in Canada, and over two weeks before the crash,