'We prepared for survivors': A Navy officer’s memory of Air India Flight 182, 40 years on
The memorial garden at Ahakista, West Cork, in memory of the victims of the Air India flight 182. Picture: Dan Linehan
Hundreds of people including relatives of those who died in the Air India disaster will attend the 40th anniversary commemoration for the 329 passengers and crew who were killed when a bomb exploded on the transatlantic flight off the coast of West Cork.
The main commemoration will be held on Monday, June 23, in the village of Ahakista, the nearest point on land to where Air India flight 182 exploded, scattering bodies and debris into the Atlantic about 190km off the Irish coast.
