After 41 Years, Canada’s CSIS Names Khalistani Extremists In Air India Flight 182 Bombing

Summary

Canada's intelligence agency, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, has publicly stated that Canada-based Khalistani extremists carried out the bombing of Air India Flight 182, which occurred on June 23, 1985. The bombing, considered Canada's deadliest terrorist attack, killed all 329 people on board when the aircraft exploded at an altitude of around 9,400 meters in Irish airspace and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. This formal acknowledgement comes 41 years after the attack, which is still remembered as a turning point for Canada's national security community.