Ireland is to mark the 35th anniversary of the Air India bombing by participating in an online commemoration ceremony on Tuesday. Mayor of Co Cork, Cllr Ian Doyle will participate in a YouTube remembrance ceremony following an invite from families of the victims of the 1985 terrorist attack on Air India Flight 182 from Montreal in Canada to New Delhi in India. Three hundred and twenty-nine passengers and crew were killed in the atrocity off the west Cork coast. A wreath will also be laid on behalf of the Government of India at the memorial wall bearing the names of all those who died. The YouTube video will be released at 10am on Tuesday and hosted on the Air India Memorial’ channel, set up by the Air India Victims’ Families Association at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN6jttcCqiQMGeTCzt_E4wg.

Source: The Irish Times June 23, 2020 05:37 UTC