Lawyers have made their final arguments in the murder trial of two Sikhs charged over the 1985 bombing of an Air India jumbo jet, ending one of the most exhaustive and expensive trials in Canadian history.

The two men accused of the Air India jumbo jet bombing that killed 329 people nearly 20 years ago were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, Canadian prosecutors said.

A CHOPPY sea littered with bodies, suitcases, seats and brightly-coloured clothes was how an Irish naval officer yesterday described the aftermath of the Air India explosion in 1985.

THE two men accused of masterminding the aircraft’s destruction have pleaded not guilty to murder in a Vancouver court.

SERVING and retired gardaí, forensic and air accident investigators from Ireland are among witnesses listed to be called to give evidence at the trial of two men accused of the 1985 Air India atrocity.

THE LE Aisling was one of the first ships to arrive at the scene of the felled Air India Flight 182, around four hours after air traffic controllers at Shannon lost contact with the Boeing 747 jet airliner.

A SIKH man who acquired the materials for a bomb that killed 329 people aboard an Air India flight in 1985 was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday.

A SIKH militant has admitted killing 329 people on board an Air India jet that was blown up 110 miles south of the Cork coast in 1985.

A Sikh militant today today admitted killing 329 people who died on board an Air India jumbo jet when it was blown up in 1985.

GARDAÍ are expected to be called to give evidence in the trial of three men accused of blowing up a plane that went down off the Cork coast 17 years ago.

Canadian prosecutors will this week file charges against convicted British bombmaker Inderjit Singh Reyat over the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight in which 329 people died.