Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - Air India Flight 182

Air India Flight 182

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On 23 June1985 a passenger plane on its way from Canada to Delhi was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists. There were 329 people killed in the attack. Among the dead, were the two sons of Babu and Padmini Turlapati.

(Photo: Babu and Padmini Turlapati in the west of Ireland, close to where the plane came down in the Atlantic)

Published on Tuesday, 23rd June 2015.

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