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On 20 January 1999, Air India Flight 121, a Boeing 747-400 (registered as VT-EVA), flying from Delhi to Frankfurt and carrying 336 passengers and crew, suffered a landing gear fire on its second attempt after a go-around, while damaging 22 lights of the approach lighting system and the localizer antenna for runway 7R due to short contact at the ...
Mayday, known as Air Crash Investigation(s) outside of the United States and Canada and also known as Mayday: Air Disaster (The Weather Channel) or Air Disasters (Smithsonian Channel) in the United States, is a Canadian documentary television series produced by Cineflix that recounts air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings, and ...
A commemorative plaque presented to the citizens of Bantry, Ireland, by the government of Canada for the residents' kindness and compassion to the families of the victims of Air India Flight 182. Within hours, Canada's Indian community was a focus of attention as victims and among hints that officials were investigating connections to the Sikh ...
A photo shows the inside of an Air Canada jet during a flight from Vancouver to Singapore after it encountered turbulence on Oct. 11, 2023, sending passengers' food and drinks flying around the cabin.
Air India Flight 101, 24 January 1966 crash into Mont Blanc in France; Air India Flight 855, 1 January 1978 crash into the Arabian Sea, near India; Air India Flight 403, 21 June 1982 crash at Bombay, India; Air India Flight 182, 23 June 1985 mid-air bombing near Ireland, over the Atlantic; Air India Express
Air Canada's predecessor, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), was created by federal legislation as a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway (CNR) on 11 April 1937. [16] [17] The newly created Department of Transport under Minister C. D. Howe desired an airline under government control to link cities on the Atlantic coast to those on the Pacific coast.
Air India 182 is a 2008 documentary directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, [1] and produced by David York. It is about the Air India Flight 182 bombing in 1985. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation commissioned the film, which originally had the preliminary title Flight 182 . [ 2 ]
Air India commenced operations on 29 July 1946, operating under the Government of India. On 8 June 1948, a Lockheed Constellation L-749A named Malabar Princess operated the airline's first international flight between Mumbai and London Heathrow. [2] As of January 2025, Air India serves a total of 43 international and 49 domestic destinations. [3]