VIDEO: Tears and trauma in West Cork and beyond: The Air India crash 30 years on

30 years ago next Tuesday,an Air India jumbo jet en route from Canada exploded over the West Cork coast, killing all 329 on board. Eddie Cassidy on the tragedy three nations can never forget

VIDEO: Tears and trauma in West Cork and beyond: The Air India crash 30 years on

It was an act of terrorism which was the largest mass murder in the history of Canada. But it took 25 years for that country to accept the greatest loss of Canadian lives at the hands of terrorists had been somehow “relegated outside the Canadian consciousness”.

On a Sunday morning, 30 years ago, Air India Flight 182 exploded over the north Atlantic Ocean, in Irish airspace. Eighty-two children under the age of 13, including six babies, were among the 329 victims.

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