Praise for Irish Air India rescuers

IRISH rescue teams who helped recover the bodies of passengers aboard the Air India flight which exploded off the Irish coast in 1985 have been praised by one of the victim’s relatives.

Esther Abraham from Ontario, whose father died aboard the ill-fated flight, claimed Canada has failed to recognise the Irish emergency services who risked their own lives in the rescue operation.

Ms Abraham made her comments outside a court in Vancouver last weekend, where two Canadian Sikhs are on trial for murder over their role in planting a bomb on the flight.