Air India Crash 1985

The crash is believed to have been caused by the captain having become spatially disoriented after the failure of one of the flight instruments in the cockpit.
Air india crash 1985. Air india flight 182 disaster passenger jet explosion off the coast of ireland on june 23 1985 that claimed the lives of all 329 passengers and crew members. Air india flight 182 was an air india flight operating on the montreal london delhi route. Sikh extremists were accused of sabotaging the air india aircraft and one suspect was convicted in 2003.
The air india flight was only 45 minutes from london heathrow when it suddenly disappeared from radar screens at 0816 bst. Flight 182 was en route from. Air india flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed during the evening of new year s day 1978 about 3 km 1 9 mi.
1 6 nmi off the coast of bandra bombay now mumbai all 213 passengers and crew on board were killed. Air india flight 182 a boeing 747 200 was on a flight between montreal and mumbai with two stopovers in london and new delhi on june 23 1985. This is a list of aviation related events from 1985 it remains one of the deadliest years in aviation history for aviation disasters including the crash of japan airlines flight 123 520 people killed bombing of air india flight 182 329 crash of arrow air flight 1285 256 crash of aeroflot flight 7425 200 crash of iberia airlines flight 610 148 delta air lines flight 191 137.