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Air India Flight 182

On 23 June 1985 a passenger plane, on its way from Canada to London, was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists.

On 23 June1985 a passenger plane on its way from Canada to Delhi was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists. There were 329 people killed in the attack. Among the dead, were the two sons of Babu and Padmini Turlapati.

(Photo: Babu and Padmini Turlapati in the west of Ireland, close to where the plane came down in the Atlantic)

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