{"id":96314,"date":"2025-05-24T19:54:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=96314"},"modified":"2025-05-24T19:54:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T14:24:51","slug":"air-india-flight-182-canada-kanishka-bombing-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/air-india-flight-182-canada-kanishka-bombing-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India Flight 182 Canada ‘Kanishka’ Bombing Archives Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ONTARIO-<\/strong> A new memorial archive dedicated to Air India (AI)<\/a> Flight 182 has been launched at McMaster University<\/a>, Hamilton, to commemorate victims of the 1985 Kanishka bombing\u2014Canada\u2019s deadliest terror attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative, led by Professor Chandrima Chakraborty, features physical and digital archives documenting the personal grief, historical significance, and under-acknowledged memory of the Air India tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: The Print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Air India Flight 182 Kanishka Bombing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Air India 182 bombing occurred on June 23, 1985, when a flight from Montr\u00e9al\u2013Mirabel International Airport (YMX) to Delhi via London<\/a> was destroyed midair by a bomb planted by pro-Khalistan terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blast killed all 329 onboard, mostly Canadian citizens, and remains the deadliest terror attack in Canadian history. The same day, two baggage handlers died at Tokyo\u2019s Narita Airport (NRT) in a related explosion involving another Air India flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite its magnitude, the incident has long been marginalized in Canadian public memory. McMaster University\u2019s new archive addresses this silence through a community-driven, publicly accessible platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project includes personal testimonies, inquiry reports, artifacts, and memorial publications, aiming to honour victims while fostering informed public discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: By Ian Kirby – Ian Kirby as seen on airliners.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=10404974<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Archive Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Air India archive, housed in McMaster\u2019s William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections and supported by the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n