On Sunday morning, June 23, 1985, shortly after 8 a.m local time, Air India Flight 182 disappeared from the air traffic control radar screens at Ireland’s Shannon Airport. The Boeing 747 Kanishka was heading east towards London at an altitude of 9,400 metres, roughly 100 nautical miles southwest of County Cork’s Sheeps Head Peninsula, and then, suddenly, it was gone.

Ottawa ignored intelligence and bungled the investigation and prosecution{ai:summary}On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 vanished from radar shortly after 8 a.m. while en route from Canada to London. The Boeing 747 was flying at 9,400 meters and disappeared approximately 100 nautical miles southwest of County Cork, Ireland. #history

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