On June 23, 1985 a bomb went off on Air India flight 182 and 329 people died—82 of them children. The bombing is the largest terrorist incident and mass murder in Canadian history, with reverberations that 30 years later continue to touch the victims’ families—most of them Canadian—and many others.
Now, Irish composer Jürgen Simpson has conceived a musical experience, air india [redacted], which explores the issues of silence and longing associated with this act of aviation terror.
Simpson has researched the Air India bombing extensively since 2007, with repeated visits to the Ahakista memorial in Ireland and to the hospital in Cork where recovered bodies were taken.
28/10/15 Ian Bryce/SFU News
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Now, Irish composer Jürgen Simpson has conceived a musical experience, air india [redacted], which explores the issues of silence and longing associated with this act of aviation terror.
Simpson has researched the Air India bombing extensively since 2007, with repeated visits to the Ahakista memorial in Ireland and to the hospital in Cork where recovered bodies were taken.
28/10/15 Ian Bryce/SFU News
