'We need closure at some point': West Cork marks 40th anniversary of Air India disaster

A bomb placed on board Flight 182 by militants exploded off the Kerry/West Cork coast on June 23, 1985, killing 329 people

A memorial service was held at the Air India 182 Memorial Garden in Ahakista on the Sheep's Head peninsula, West Cork, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Air India disaster. Picture: Dan Linehan

Families placed wreaths on the water at Ahakista on Monday morning after a moving ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Air India explosion which killed 329 people.

A bomb placed on board Flight 182 by militants exploded off the Kerry/West Cork coast on June 23, 1985, with the plane plunging into the Atlantic.