‘I had to document Air India 182 bombing’

Bangalore: Sturla Gunnarson, a Canadian documentary film maker and director of the renowned documentary ‘Air India 182,’ expressed his discontent over the Canadian government’s inaction on one of the worst plane bombings in the world in 1985.
Speaking at an interactive session at the fourth Bengaluru International Film Festival, he said the bombing of Air India 182, which killed all the 331 passengers aboard the flight, was one of the most gruesome mass murders in Canadian history.
“It is saddening that the Canadian government, in the face a great tragedy, went into a denial mode and blamed the Government of India instead, for the accident,” he said.
He pointed out that the Canadian government could have averted the tragedy and that it was an utter intelligence failure on the government’s part.
The Kanishka flight, that was bound for Delhi from Montreal, was bombed at an altitude of 31,000 feet in 1985. The trial, which lasted 23 years, was termed one of the most expensive cases in Canada.
The director termed his experiences in making the film as factual.
“Somebody had to make a film about an incident of this magnitude, which left thousands of lives devastated,” said Sturla Gunnarson.
21/12/11 Deccan Herald

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