Air India Flight 301

At 07:13 on Sunday June 23, 1985 an explosion in the Narita International Airport baggage terminal kills two baggage handlers, and injures four. The bomb in that bag was intended for Air India Flight 301 with 177 passengers and crew on board, bound for Bangkok. Fifty-five minutes later, at 8:13 London time, Air India Flight 182 exploded mid-air and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Ireland. The incidents are believed to be related, and are connected to the Sikh terrorist group operating in Canada known as the Babbar Khalsa. Two men are on trial in Canada for these incidents: Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri .

Timeline of the Incident

On June 22, 1985, the bags of a passenger named L. Singh were checked in at Vancouver for Canadian Pacific (CP) 003 to New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) in Narita, Japan, near Tokyo. This bag was interlined to Air India Flight 301 leaving for Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. L. Singh was assigned seat 38H.

At 2037 GMT, Empress of Australia, flying CP Flight 3, departed Vancouver without L. Singh on board.

At 0541 GMT (now June 23), Empress of Australia (CP Air 3) arrived in Tokyo 14 minutes early.

At 0619 GMT, a piece of luggage that had come from CP Air 3 exploded as it was being transferred to Air India Flight 301; the explosion killed two baggage handlers (Hideo Asano and Hideharu Koda) in Narita and injured four other people.

At 0805 GMT, Air India Flight 301 left Narita and arrived in Thailand unscathed.

February, 1988 - Inderjit Singh Reyat is arrested by British police in Coventry, England.

December 8, 1989 - The British government agrees to extradite Reyat to Canada following a lengthy court battle.

May 10, 1991 - Inderjit Singh Reyat receives a ten year sentence after being convicted of two counts of manslaughter and four explosives charges relating to the Narita Airport bombing.

See also

• Air India Flight 182

External links

• Background on Air India bombing
• Death of Flight 182 website