Air India Flight 182: Cork photographer recalls taking iconic image of 1985 bombing tragedy

Former Irish Examiner photographer Denis Minihane reflects on the haunting image that captured global heartbreak from a Cork hospital window

One of the most poignant photographs ever printed on the front page of this publication was that of the lines of dead bodies in the temporary morgue set up in Cork for the victims of Air India flight 182.

A bomb placed on board the flight by militants exploded off the Kerry/West Cork coast on June 23, 1985, with the plane plunging into the Atlantic.