So these are plane crashes from around the world, but it's only for the countries that had a true crime case, if you don't see a plane crash in here, check my True crime from around the world book.
Warning, this book contains plane crashes and video...
This plane bombing takes us to the European country of Ireland, which is located south of Northern Ireland and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea and the Celtic Sea, it's located near the Isle of Man and Wales.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE BOMBING AND PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft, pictured on the 10th of June 1985.
Air India Flight 182, registered as Victor Tango- Echo Foxtrot Oscar (VT-EFO), was a scheduled Air India passenger flight that was operating the route between Canada and India, the flight originated at Montréal International Airport (IATA: YMX, ICAO: CYMX), Montréal, Canada, it's first stopover was at London Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), London, England, the next stopover was an Indira Gandhi International Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), Delhi, India before it arrived at it's destination airport of Chhatrapati International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB), Bombay, India, the bombing occured on the Montréal to London leg, on the 23rd of July 1985, the route was operated by a Boeing 747-237B, when it disintegrated in mid air on the first leg of the journey at an altitude of 31,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean, as a result of an explosion from a bomb that was planted on board the plane by the Canadian Sikh militants, the remnants of the plane fell into the ocean approximately 190 kilometres off the coast of Ireland, the explosion killed all of the 329 people on board the plane.
At 07:09:58am GMT (08:09:58am Irish Time), the crew of the plane "squawked 2005" (a routine activation of it's transponder) as requested by Shannon Airport ATC, then the plane vanished from radar screens at 07:14:01am GMT (08:14:01am Irish Time), at the exact same time, a bomb in a Sanyo turner, which is a type of suitcase, which was located in the forward cargo hold exploded while the plane was cruising at 31,000 feet at 51°3.6'N 12°49'W, the explosion caused an explosive decompression and it subsequently caused the mid air break up of the plane, the wreckage settled in 6,700 feet (2,000 meters) deep water off the southwest Irish coast, 190 kilometres offshore of County Cork, no mayday call was received by ATC, the ATC in Shannon asked the aircraft in the area to try and contact the Air India flight, to no avail, by 07:30:00am GMT, Shannon ATC declared an emergency and requested nearby cargo ships and the Irish navy service vessel LE Aisling to look out for the aircraft.
The summary of the crash was a Terrorist bombing by the Babbar Khalsa.
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Pictured above is the part of the wreckage of the plane as investigators were going to reconstruct the plane.
Below is a recent video on the disaster, video credit goes to Disaster Breakdown on Youtube, video is done by Chloe Howie. (A/N: Chloe just recently published video on Youtube and she put a lot of effort into the video).
