All language subtitles for Air.Disasters.S01E07.Explosive.Evidence.1080p.SMIT.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-maldini_track4_[eng]

Narrator: A CROWDED 747 HAS
DISAPPEARED OVER THE ATLANTIC.

Controller:
AIR INDIA'S NOT SHOWING UP.

Narrator: PIECES ARE FOUND
SCATTERED ON THE OCEAN SURFACE.

BUT THE VITAL CLUES ARE DEEPER
THAN ANY AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION

HAS EVER GONE.

Man 1: IN THIS ACCIDENT,
WE HAD NOTHING.

Man 2:
IT WAS JUST MIND-BOGGLING.

Narrator:
AN INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY EFFORT

GOES TO THE VERY BOTTOM
OF THE SEA

TO REBUILD THE SHATTERED PLANE.

WHAT THEY DISCOVER WILL SEND
SHOCK WAVES AROUND THE WORLD.

Flight attendant:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WE ARE STARTING OUR APPROACH.

Pilot: WE LOST BOTH ENGINES!

Flight attendant:
PUT THE MASK OVER YOUR NOSE.

EMERGENCY DESCENT.

Pilot: MAYDAY, MAYDAY.

Flight attendant:
BRACE FOR IMPACT!

Controller: I THINK I LOST ONE.

Man: INVESTIGATION STARTING...

Man: HE'S GONNA CRASH!

Narrator:
EARLY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1985.

A 747 FLIES ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,

NEARLY SIX MILES
ABOVE THE WATER.

THE JUMBO JET IS
NICKNAMED KANISHKA,

AFTER AN INDIAN EMPEROR.

AND AIR INDIA
PROMISES PASSENGERS

IT WILL BE A PALACE IN THE SKY.

Woman: INDIAN HOSPITALITY
IS SOMETHING

THAT THE CULTURE
PRIDES ITSELF ON,

AND YOU DO EXPERIENCE THAT
WHEN YOU FLY AIR INDIA.

Narrator: ON ITS WAY TO CANADA,

THE PLANE IS HEADING
TO LONDON, ENGLAND,

BEFORE CONTINUING
ON TO NEW DELHI.

IT'S BEEN IN THE AIR
FOR FOUR AND A HALF HOURS.

CAPTAIN HANSE NARENDRA IS
A VETERAN AIR INDIA PILOT.

SATWINDER BHINDER
IS A CAPTAIN, TOO,

WHO'S SERVING AS FIRST OFFICER
ON THE FLIGHT.

AS THE PLANE NEARS LAND, BHINDER
TALKS WITH THE FLIGHT'S PURSER.

[BELL RINGING]

Purser: YES, SIR?

Satwinder Bhinder:
DINSHAW, DO ME A SMALL FAVOR.

AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE,
SEAT 54, A BOY IS SITTING THERE,

HE JUST WANTED TO HAVE
A LOOK IN THE COCKPIT.

Purser: CAN I SEND HIM NOW?

Bhinder: AFTER ABOUT
15 TO 20 MINUTES.

Narrator:
THERE ARE 329 PEOPLE ON BOARD,
INCLUDING PASSENGERS AND CREW.

MANY OF THEM ARE FLYING TO INDIA
TO VISIT FAMILY OR FRIENDS.

VISHNU PADA IS TRAVELING
TO INDIA WITH HIS TWO DAUGHTERS.

THEIR MOTHER, LATA, IS ALREADY
WAITING FOR THEM THERE.

Lata Pada: WE HAD DECIDED THAT
IT WOULD BE THE IDEAL YEAR

TO TAKE AN EXTENDED VACATION
IN INDIA AS A FAMILY.

Narrator: SIX MINUTES
AFTER 8:00 IN THE MORNING,

CO-PILOT BHINDER
MAKES RADIO CONTACT

WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
IN IRELAND.

Bhinder: SHANWICK,
AIR INDIA 182, GOOD MORNING.

Controller: STATION CALLING
SHANNON, GO AHEAD AGAIN, PLEASE.

Narrator:
THOMAS LANE AND MICHAEL QUINN

ARE WORKING AT
THE SHANNON CONTROL CENTER.

Bhinder: AIR INDIA 182 IS
51 NORTH, 15 WEST, AT LEVEL 310.

ESTIMATE F.I.R. AT 0735.

Thomas Lane:
AIR INDIA 182, SHANNON, ROGER,

CLEARED FOR LONDON,
FLIGHT LEVEL 310.

Bhinder: AIR INDIA 182 IS CLEAR
TO LONDON, MAINTAIN 310.

Purser: DO YOU WANT
TO COME UP FRONT NOW?

Boy: YEAH!

Purser: OKAY.

LET'S GO.

Narrator: IT'S A LIGHT MORNING
AT SHANNON CONTROL--

THEY'RE DEALING WITH
JUST THREE PLANES.

BUT SOMETHING PECULIAR
HAS HAPPENED.

Michael Quinn:
THE SIGNALS ARE ALL JUMBLED UP.

THE SIGNALS ON RADAR MERGED SO
THAT IT WAS TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE

TO READ THE CALL SIGNS
AND FLIGHT LEVELS

OF ANY OF THE THREE AIRCRAFT.

Narrator: THE AIR INDIA 747
IS FLYING AT 31,000 FEET.

A TWA JET IS SEVERAL
THOUSAND FEET ABOVE IT,

AND A CP FLIGHT IS
2,000 FEET HIGHER.

ALL ARE TRAVELING EAST.

BECAUSE THE PLANES ARE STACKED
ON TOP OF EACH OTHER,

THE SIGNALS HAVE MERGED

ON THE CONTROLLER'S
TWO-DIMENSIONAL SCREEN.

Quinn: TOM MOVED
A TRACKER BALL ON RADAR

AND SEPARATED THE SIGNALS.

Narrator: TWO OF THE PLANES
REAPPEAR ON THE RADAR,

BUT THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT
HAS VANISHED.

Quinn:
AIR INDIA IS NOT SHOWING UP.

Lane: HOLD ON A MINUTE.

AIR INDIA 182, DO YOU READ?

Quinn: AIR INDIA 182, THIS IS
SHANNON, DO YOU READ? OVER.

Narrator:
IT'S 8:14 IN THE MORNING.

Quinn: I HAD A GUT FEELING.

TO THIS DAY I DON'T KNOW
WHY I PICKED UP THE PHONE.

YES, IT'S MICHAEL QUINN
AT SHANNON.

WE HAVE A PLANE OFF RADAR.

Narrator:
NORMALLY, A DISTRESS CALL
TO SEARCH AND RESCUE

ISN'T MADE UNTIL A PLANE
HAS BEEN OUT OF CONTACT

FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.

THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT HAS BEEN
MISSING LESS THAN 60 SECONDS.

SEVERAL SHIPS IN THE AREA
BEGIN SEARCHING

FOR SIGNS OF THE PLANE.

ITS LAST KNOWN POSITION IS SOME
180 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORK.

JUST TWO HOURS AFTER
THE PLANE DISAPPEARS,

A CANADIAN-OWNED CARGO SHIP
IN THE AREA CONFIRMS THE WORST.

THE FIRST PIECES OF WRECKAGE
ARE DISCOVERED.

UNINFLATED LIFE RAFTS
ARE SPOTTED

BOBBING IN THE COLD ATLANTIC.

THEN, BODIES ARE SEEN.

IT QUICKLY BECOMES CLEAR
THAT NO ONE HAS SURVIVED.

IN INDIA, LATA PADA IS WAITING

FOR HER HUSBAND AND
TWO CHILDREN TO ARRIVE

WHEN SHE HEARS THE NEWS
FROM HER BROTHER.

Pada: HE SAT ME DOWN
AND TOLD ME THAT,

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TERRIBLE
HAD HAPPENED.

I WAS JUST IN TOTAL SHOCK,
AND, YOU KNOW,

PART OF ME WAS TRYING
TO DIGEST THE INFORMATION

AND PART OF ME WAS
TRYING TO IMAGINE

IF, INDEED,
THE WORST HAD HAPPENED,

HOW I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE
MY LIFE WITHOUT THEM.

[SIRENS]

Narrator: JUST HOURS AFTER THE
CRASH OF AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182,

BODIES AND WRECKAGE ARE BROUGHT
TO THE CITY OF CORK,

A SEAPORT ON THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF IRELAND.

DR. CUIMIN DOYLE
IS A PATHOLOGIST

AT THE CORK REGIONAL HOSPITAL.

Cuimin Doyle: THE FIRST BODIES
ARRIVED AT 4:45 PM

ON THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON,

AND AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT
WE HAD 130 BODIES.

Narrator: DOYLE AND HIS TEAM
WILL EXAMINE THE BODIES

TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND ANY
SIGNS OF WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH.

Doyle:
IT'S AN ENORMOUS UNDERTAKING
FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED,

THE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL,
THE POLICE, THE NAVY, THE ARMY,

AND PATHOLOGISTS
LIKE OURSELVES--

BUT WE JUST HAD TO GET ON
AND DO THE JOB.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

Narrator: IN JUST FOUR DAYS
AUTOPSIES ARE PERFORMED

ON 132 VICTIMS.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

Doyle: ALL PARTS OF THE BODY
WERE EXAMINED EXTERNALLY

IN DETAIL,

AND EVERY, EVERY DETAIL
WAS NOTED DOWN.

WE WERE LOOKING, OF COURSE, FOR
THE CAUSES OF THE FATALITIES.

Narrator: DOYLE MAKES
A TELLING DISCOVERY--

ALMOST ALL THE VICTIMS
DIED IN THE AIR.

Doyle: ONLY TWO OF THE BODIES
SHOWED SIGNS OF DROWNING,

WHICH INDICATED THAT
THE OTHERS WERE NOT BREATHING

WHEN THEY HIT THE WATER.

Narrator: THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
THAT'S COMMON

TO MANY OF THE VICTIMS--

A LARGE NUMBER HAVE HAD
THEIR CLOTHES TORN OFF.

Doyle: NOW THAT WAS IMPORTANT,
BECAUSE IF THEY HAD NO CLOTHES

OR LITTLE CLOTHES, IT INDICATED
THAT THEY HAD FALLEN

FROM 31,000 FEET OR SO
WHERE THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Narrator: SOME OF THE BODIES
ALSO HAVE SIGNS

OF SO-CALLED FLAIL INJURIES.

THESE ARE BREAKS SPECIFIC
TO BONES IN THE HIPS,

SHOULDERS AND OTHER JOINTS.

H.S. KHOLA IS
THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR

INTO THE AIR INDIA DISASTER.

THE FLAIL INJURIES TELL HIM THE
PASSENGERS WEREN'T IN THE PLANE

WHEN IT HIT THE OCEAN.

H.S. Khola: THEY ARE CAUSED
BY TUMBLING VIOLENT MOTION

OF THE BODY IN AIR.

THAT IS THE PATTERN OF
THE INJURIES WHEN A PASSENGER

IS THROWN OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT
AT HIGH ALTITUDE.

Narrator:
THE AUTOPSIES SHOW THAT SOMEHOW,

THE PLANE HAD BEEN RIPPED APART
HIGH ABOVE THE WATER.

PASSENGERS WERE THROWN
INTO THE SKY

LONG BEFORE THE PLANE CRASHED.

Doyle: BASED ON THE INJURIES,
WE COULD ONLY SAY

THAT THE PLANE HAD BROKEN UP
AT 31,000 FEET.

WE COULDN'T SAY WHAT THE CAUSE
OF THE BREAKUP WAS.

Narrator: THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB
OF THE INVESTIGATORS

IS TO TRY TO FIND
THE PLANE'S BLACK BOXES.

THE TWO DEVICES RECORD
COCKPIT CONVERSATION

AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FLIGHT OF THE PLANE.

THE RECORDERS
HAVE RADIO BEACONS,

WHICH SEND OUT A SIGNAL
AT A DESIGNATED FREQUENCY.

BUT IT'S STILL A HUGE TASK.

THE BOXES ARE MORE THAN
6,500 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE.

AND THE RADIO SIGNALS
LAST JUST 30 DAYS.

SALIM JIWA IS A JOURNALIST

WHO HAS INVESTIGATED
THE AIR INDIA DISASTER.

Salim Jiwa: THE SEARCH FOR
THE BLACK BOXES WAS URGENT,

AND THREE COUNTRIES
PARTICIPATED IN IT--

ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND INDIA.

Narrator: BUT EVEN WITH
SUCH A MASSIVE RESPONSE,

EARLY EFFORTS ARE FRUSTRATED.

Khola: 42 KILOHERTZ--
IT'S TOO HIGH.

IT CAN'T BE THEM.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ARE
PICKING UP RADIO SIGNALS,

BUT THEY'RE AT
THE WRONG FREQUENCY.

AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES,
H.S. KHOLA AND HIS TEAM

STUDY THE MAINTENANCE HISTORY
OF THE PLANE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW
IF AN UNDETECTED FLAW

HAD CAUSED THE JET
TO COME APART IN FLIGHT.

THEY UNCOVER A POTENTIALLY
IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION--

THE AIR INDIA JET WAS FLYING
WITH FIVE ENGINES.

A 747 NORMALLY HAS FOUR ENGINES,
BUT IT CAN CARRY MORE.

THE PLANE WAS DESIGNED
SO THAT IT COULD TRANSPORT

A MALFUNCTIONING ENGINE
BENEATH ITS WINGS.

GROUND CREWS CAN
MOUNT THE ENGINE

TO A BRACKET ON THE PLANE.

IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE AIR INDIA JET.

Jiwa: THERE WAS AN EXTRA ENGINE
THAT A PREVIOUS FLIGHT

HAD LEFT BEHIND THAT WAS MOUNTED
ON THE WING OF THE AIRCRAFT.

Narrator:
THE EXTRA ENGINE CREATES DRAG
ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PLANE.

IF THE PILOTS DON'T COMPENSATE,

THE PLANE WILL TURN
IN THAT DIRECTION.

THEN A PROBLEM WITH
THE FIFTH ENGINE'S MOUNTING

COMES TO LIGHT, LEADING
INVESTIGATORS TO QUESTION

IF THE EXTRA ENGINE COULD BE
THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS DISCOVER
THAT BEFORE THE AIR INDIA 747

TOOK OFF FOR LONDON, THE FLIGHT
ENGINEER NOTICED PROBLEMS

WITH THE WAY
THE ENGINE WAS ATTACHED.

Engineer: THERE'S A SMALL
PROBLEM IN THE FIFTH ENGINE.

I'VE ASKED THEM TO FIX IT UP.

Pilot: ALRIGHT.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS ALSO
LEARN THAT SOME INTERNAL PARTS

OF THE EXTRA ENGINE
WERE TAKEN OUT

AND STORED IN FLIGHT 182's
CARGO BAY.

THEY WERE SO ENORMOUS
THAT PIECES OF THE CARGO DOOR

WERE REMOVED
TO MAKE THE JOB EASIER.

Jiwa: SOME OF THE OTHER
PARTS OF THE ENGINE

WENT INTO THE REAR
OF THE AIRCRAFT.

AIRCRAFT SUCH AS A 747
CAN HANDLE THIS QUITE EASILY,

IT'S ROUTINELY DONE.

Narrator: BUT IF THE CARGO DOOR
WASN'T REASSEMBLED PROPERLY,

IT COULD HAVE LED TO
AN EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION.

IN 1974, A CARGO DOOR BLEW OFF
A TURKISH AIRLINES FLIGHT

SHORTLY AFTER IT TOOK OFF
FROM PARIS.

THE SUDDEN DECOMPRESSION
CRIPPLED THE PLANE.

IT CRASHED MOMENTS LATER,
KILLING EVERYONE ON BOARD.

KHOLA MUST CONSIDER
TWO THEORIES--

EITHER PROBLEMS WITH THE DOOR,
OR WITH THE EXTRA ENGINE ITSELF,

BROUGHT DOWN THE PLANE.

IF EITHER ONE HAD TAKEN PLACE,

THERE SHOULD BE EVIDENCE
ON THE PLANE'S BLACK BOXES.

FINDING THE RECORDERS HAS BECOME
INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT.

ALMOST TWO WEEKS
AFTER THE SEARCH BEGINS,

INVESTIGATORS GET NEWS
THAT HELPS THEM PINPOINT

THE LOCATION OF THE BLACK BOXES.

Khola:
THE SIGNALS WILL BE HIGHER.

SO THIS 42 KILOHERTZ
COULD BE IT!

TELL THE BOATS TO LOOK AGAIN.

Narrator:
THE PIECE OF THE BLACK BOX

WHICH BROADCASTS THE LOCATOR
SIGNAL IS MADE OF CERAMIC.

IF IT'S DAMAGED, THE FREQUENCY
OF THE SIGNAL CAN CHANGE.

IT MEANS THE STRANGE FREQUENCY
SHIPS DETECTED EARLIER

COULD BE THE RIGHT ONE.

BOTH THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER
AND THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER

ARE FINALLY LOCATED.

BUT THEY'RE SO DEEP,
IT'S DIFFICULT TO BRING THEM UP.

Jiwa: THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT
6,000 FEET BELOW THE SEA,

AND IT WAS THE DEPTH
THAT WAS SORT OF DEFEATING.

Narrator: A DEEP SEA SUBMERSIBLE
IS BROUGHT IN.

BUT EVEN WITH
THIS SPECIALIZED VEHICLE,

AND WITH THE LOCATION
OF THE BLACK BOXES KNOWN,

IT TAKES FOUR ATTEMPTS TO BRING
THE RECORDERS TO THE SURFACE.

BUT WHEN INVESTIGATORS LISTEN
TO THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER,

THEY HEAR NOTHING UNUSUAL.

AFTER THE LAST CONTACT WITH
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN SHANNON,

THE VOICE RECORDER
PICKS UP THE CREW

TALKING ABOUT CUSTOMS SEALS.

IT'S PAPERWORK THAT HAS TO BE
COMPLETED BEFORE LANDING.

Co-pilot:
THEY WANT ABOUT 30 CUSTOM SEALS.

Bhinder: CUSTOMS?

Co-pilot: YEAH, CUSTOM SEALS TO
SEAL THE BAR BEFORE ITS ARRIVAL.

THE BAR--[BEEP]

Narrator: THE CONVERSATION ENDS
IN MID-SENTENCE.

Jiwa:
THAT WAS IT, AND THEN EVERYTHING
WAS, OF COURSE, SILENT.

Khola: THE COCKPIT
VOICE RECORDER INDICATED

THAT THERE WAS NO ABNORMALITY
IN THE COCKPIT, NO EMERGENCY,

EVERY CONVERSATION WAS NORMAL.

Narrator:
THE PLANE'S FLIGHT DATA RECORDER
TELLS A SIMILAR STORY.

KHOLA PORES THROUGH DETAILS
ABOUT AIR INDIA'S SPEED,

ALTITUDE, AND DOZENS OF
OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION.

THE EXTRA ENGINE DID CAUSE
THE PLANE TO BANK SLIGHTLY,

AND THE JET'S RUDDER WAS TURNED
11 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT.

BUT THIS WAS EXACTLY
WHAT THE CREW NEEDED TO DO

TO OFFSET THE DRAG CREATED
BY THE FIFTH ENGINE.

AFTER ANALYZING
BOTH BLACK BOXES,

KHOLA CAN'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE
THAT THE PLANE WAS IN TROUBLE

BEFORE IT SUDDENLY
DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR.

BUT THE VERY LACK OF EVIDENCE
DOES SUGGEST SOMETHING.

BOTH RECORDERS GET THEIR POWER
FROM THE PLANE'S ENGINES.

BOTH STOPPED AT EXACTLY
14 MINUTES AND ONE SECOND

AFTER 8:00 IN THE MORNING.

SINCE THE RECORDERS STOPPED
WORKING AT THE SAME TIME,

THE PROBLEM ON THE PLANE
HAD TO BE CATASTROPHIC ENOUGH

TO SEVER THE JET'S
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM

BEFORE THE CREW COULD REACT.

Co-pilot: YEAH, CUSTOMS SEALS TO
SEAL THE BAR BEFORE ITS ARRIVAL,

THE BAR--[BEEP]

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
ARE BECOMING CONVINCED

THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO POSSIBLE
EXPLANATIONS FOR THE CRASH--

A DEVASTATING DECOMPRESSION
OR A BOMB.

THEY STUDY THE WRECKAGE
THAT'S BEEN FOUND

FLOATING ON THE SURFACE
OF THE OCEAN.

BUT IT'S JUST A SMALL PERCENTAGE
OF THE ENTIRE PLANE.

IT OFFERS NO CLUES TO EXPLAIN
WHY THE PLANE CRASHED.

Khola: WE HAD TO GO TO
THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.

WE HAD TO GO TO THE WRECKAGE,

WHICH WAS LYING
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

Narrator:
BUT WHAT PARTS OF THE PLANE
SHOULD INVESTIGATORS FOCUS ON?

THE BLACK BOXES WERE EQUIPPED
WITH RADIO TRANSMITTERS

WHICH MADE THEM EASIER TO FIND.

BUT THE DEBRIS FIELD IS
DEEP UNDER WATER AND ENORMOUS,

NEARLY TEN MILES LONG
AND FOUR MILES ACROSS.

HOW DO INVESTIGATORS
IDENTIFY THE ONE CLUE

THAT WILL HELP THEM
UNLOCK THE MYSTERY?

ROY TRUMAN IS AN UNDERWATER
SALVAGE EXPERT.

HIS SALVAGE TEAM IS BROUGHT IN
TO DO SOMETHING

THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE--

RETRIEVE THE RUINED PIECES
OF A JUMBO JET

FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

Roy Truman: UP UNTIL THAT TIME,

WE HAD ONLY BEEN USED WITH
RECOVERING SMALL AIRCRAFT.

HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A 747, WHICH WAS HUGE,

AND WE HAD NO IDEA
OF THE SIZE OF THE PIECES

AND WHAT WE WERE GONNA FIND.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS KNOW THEY CAN'T

BRING THE ENTIRE WRECK
TO THE SURFACE.

SO THEY USE UNDERWATER
VIDEO AND PHOTOS

TO DECIDE WHICH PIECES
TO SALVAGE.

THE KEY TO UNLOCKING
THE DISASTER

STILL LIES SOMEWHERE
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

INVESTIGATORS FROM INDIA
ARE SCOURING THE OCEAN FLOOR

TO FIND OUT WHY AIR INDIA
FLIGHT 182 FELL FROM THE SKY.

AS THE WORK CONTINUES
IN IRELAND,

THERE'S GROWING SUSPICION
IN CANADA

THAT THE AIR INDIA CRASH
WAS NO ACCIDENT.

AS POLICE AND INVESTIGATORS SIFT

THROUGH THE LIST OF PASSENGERS
ON THE PLANE,

THEY FIND SOMETHING PECULIAR.

MANY OF THE PASSENGERS WHO WERE
ON AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182

BEGAN THEIR DAY IN VANCOUVER.

THEY WERE USING ANOTHER PLANE
TO CONNECT TO FLIGHT 182.

ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WHO BOUGHT
A TICKET FOR THAT PLANE

NEVER GOT ON.

Jiwa:
WELL, THE PASSENGER, WE HAVE
NEVER IDENTIFIED HIM, PER SE,

BUT THE TICKET IDENTIFIED HIM
AS M. SINGH.

IT SIMPLY HAD AN INITIAL,
BUT NO FULL NAME.

WE BELIEVE THAT NAME
TO BE--WAS FICTITIOUS,

AND THAT THE PERSON
NEVER INTENDED TO TRAVEL.

Narrator: WHILE HE NEVER
BOARDED THE PLANE,

M. SINGH DID CHECK IN.

AND HE CHECKED A BAG.

Woman: ON YOUR WAY TO TORONTO?

M. Singh: YEAH, AND I WANT
MY BAG CHECKED THROUGH TO DELHI.

Woman: SIR, I CAN'T DO THAT.

YOUR RESERVATION IS ONLY
CONFIRMED TO TORONTO.

Singh: OH, I AM CONFIRMED.

THIS IS MY TICKET.

Narrator: JEANNIE ADAMS
IS A TICKET AGENT

WORKING FOR CANADIAN PACIFIC.

Jeannie Adams: YOU ARE ON
STANDBY TO DELHI, I CAN'T.

MR. SINGH, YOU ARE ON STANDBY
TO DELHI, I CAN'T.

Singh: BUT THEN I HAVE TO
PICK UP MY BAG.

Adams: I CAN'T CHECK YOUR BAGS
THROUGH TO INDIA

IF YOU ARE NOT CONFIRMED.

Singh:
BUT I AM INDEED CONFIRMED!

WAIT, I'LL GET MY BROTHER,
HE'LL TELL YOU.

Narrator: THERE ARE NEARLY
30 PEOPLE WAITING TO CHECK IN.

ADAMS DOESN'T HAVE TIME
TO WAIT FOR THE MAN'S BROTHER.

Adams: OH, UH, OKAY, OKAY,
I--I'LL CHECK IT THROUGH,

BUT YOU HAVE TO CHECK
WITH AIR INDIA

WHEN YOU GET TO TORONTO.

YOUR SEAT IS 10-B.

Narrator: EVEN THOUGH SINGH
DOESN'T HAVE A TICKET

TAKING HIM TO INDIA, HIS BAG
IS CHECKED STRAIGHT THROUGH.

HIS LUGGAGE IS LOADED,
BUT NO ONE NOTICES

THAT SINGH NEVER BOARDS
THE PLANE THAT LEAVES VANCOUVER.

Peter St. John: SHE BROKE
THE RULES AS THEY WERE,

SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE
ALLOWED THAT TO GO THROUGH

FOR NEW DELHI INTERLINE.

BUT SHE WAS SO BULLIED AND
SO BROWBEATEN BY MR. SINGH

IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY ELSE,

THAT I THINK TO HER ETERNAL
SADNESS AND HEARTBREAK,

SHE GAVE IN.

Narrator: SINGH'S MAROON BAG
DIDN'T RAISE ANY CONCERNS

WHEN IT WAS LOADED IN VANCOUVER.

SINCE THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT
WAS INTERNATIONAL,

WHEN THE BAG ARRIVED IN TORONTO,

IT FACED A STRICTER
SERIES OF INSPECTIONS.

Man: THIS IS WHAT
IT WILL SOUND LIKE.

[BEEPING]

Narrator: JOHN D'SOUZA IS A
SECURITY OFFICER FOR AIR INDIA.

THE DAY OF THE FLIGHT,

HE DEMONSTRATED A PORTABLE
EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR

FOR BAGGAGE HANDLERS IN TORONTO.

CHEMICALS IN A MATCH
TRIGGERED THE DEVICE,

AS WOULD CHEMICALS
USED IN SOME EXPLOSIVES.

John D'Souza: OKAY?

Narrator: THE PORTABLE DEVICE
WAS PUT TO USE

BECAUSE THE X-RAY MACHINE,

WHICH NORMALLY SCANS EVERY PIECE
OF LUGGAGE, HAD BROKEN DOWN.

St. John: THE TECHNOLOGY,
ESPECIALLY THE X-RAY TECHNOLOGY,

WERE VERY, UH, VERY WEAK, VERY
IN THEIR INFANCY AT THAT TIME,

AND IT DIDN'T WORK RELIABLY.

AND IN THE CASE OF
THE AIR INDIA EPISODE,

THE TECHNOLOGY WENT
QUITE BADLY WRONG,

WHICH WAS ONE OF THE TRAGEDIES
OF THE SITUATION.

Narrator: AS SECURITY WORKERS
USE THE PORTABLE EXPLOSIVES WAND

ON THE BAGS,
EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL,

UNTIL THEY GOT
TO THE MAROON BAG.

[BEEPING]

THE BAG DID TRIGGER THE DEVICE,
BUT THE SOUND IT MADE

WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM
THE ONE WORKERS HEARD

DURING THE DEMONSTRATION.

THE BAG WAS PASSED AND
ALLOWED ON BOARD THE PLANE,

EVENTUALLY FLYING
TOWARD ENGLAND.

Narrator:
AS AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182
FLIES OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

CARRYING M. SINGH'S BAG,

AN EXPLOSION RIPS THROUGH
TOKYO'S NARITA AIRPORT.

TWO BAGGAGE HANDLERS ARE KILLED.

FOUR PEOPLE ARE INJURED.

A BOMB HAS BEEN HIDDEN INSIDE
ANOTHER PIECE OF LUGGAGE

THAT CAME FROM VANCOUVER.

LUGGAGE THAT WAS BOUND
FOR ANOTHER AIR INDIA JET.

Jiwa: IT WAS HEADED
FOR THE CARGO HOLD

WHEN IT EXPLODED ON THE GROUND.

ONCE IT WAS PUT ON,

THE BAG WAS PROBABLY
JUST THUMPED A LITTLE BIT,

AND IT EXPLODED AS THE TWO
JAPANESE BAGGAGE HANDLERS

WERE PUTTING IT
ON A CONVEYOR BELT.

Narrator: JUST AS ON FLIGHT 182,

ONE OF THE BAGS
BEING MOVED IN TOKYO

WAS CHECKED IN BY A PASSENGER
WHO NEVER BOARDED THE FLIGHT.

Jiwa: THERE WAS NO
X-RAY MACHINES IN USE

AT VANCOUVER AIRPORT.

THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP
THAT BAG FROM FLYING TO TOKYO.

Narrator:
THERE'S A DISTURBING CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE TOKYO BOMBING
AND THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT.

THE TICKETS FOR THE MEN
WHO CHECKED BOTH BAGS

WERE BOUGHT ON THE SAME DAY
BY THE SAME CUSTOMER.

THE SINGLE CRASH OF
AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182

HAS SUDDENLY BECOME A PART
OF A MUCH LARGER STORY.

WITH THE APPARENT CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE TWO INCIDENTS,

INVESTIGATORS IN IRELAND
ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTED

IN WHAT POLICE FIND IN TOKYO.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

SOON AFTER THE BOMBING,

FORENSIC EXPERTS DESCEND
ON JAPAN'S NARITA AIRPORT.

THERE ARE TRACES OF
EVIDENCE EVERYWHERE.

Jiwa: THE NARITA BOMBING
WAS WITHIN A CONFINED SPACE.

SO UNLIKE THE AIR INDIA
FLIGHT 182 SITUATION

WHERE WE HAD DEBRIS SCATTERED
OVER 9 MILES UNDER THE OCEAN,

AND PRETTY HARD TO RETRIEVE,
WE HAD, IN A SENSE,

THE GOOD FORTUNE
OF A CONTAINED AREA

WHERE AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
WENT OFF.

Narrator: PIECES OF METAL
AND CIRCUIT BOARDS

ARE EMBEDDED IN THE WALLS.

EXPLOSIVE RESIDUE CLINGS
TO PARTS OF THE CONTAINER

THAT HOUSED THE BOMB.

Jiwa: AMAZINGLY,
JAPANESE FORENSIC EXPERTS

WERE ABLE TO PICK OUT
TINY PARTS AND FRAGMENTS,

AND ALL THE ANALYSIS
FINALLY LED JAPANESE POLICE

TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE
THAT WAS USED TO CARRY THE BOMB.

Narrator: EXPERTS EVEN FIND
SERIAL NUMBERS

ON PIECES OF THE WRECKAGE--

CLUES THAT SHOW
THE BOMB WAS HIDDEN

INSIDE A SPECIFIC STEREO TUNER
MADE BY SANYO.

ALL 2,000 TUNERS
THAT WERE EVER MADE

WERE SHIPPED TO A WAREHOUSE NEAR
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

FROM THERE, THEY WERE SENT
TO STORES ACROSS THE REGION.

ONE OF THOSE TUNERS CARRIED THE
BOMB THAT EXPLODED AT NARITA.

POLICE HAVE A DIFFICULT TASK,

TRYING TO TRACE THE SALE
OF 2,000 TUNERS.

THEY COULD HAVE BEEN
SOLD TO ANYONE.

MOST OF THE STORES THAT
HAD RECEIVED THE TUNER

HAD BEEN SOLD OUT FOR YEARS.

BUT POLICE GET A BREAK
WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT THE TUNER

AT A STORE IN DUNCAN,
A TINY TOWN ON VANCOUVER ISLAND.

THE LAST UNIT HAD BEEN SOLD
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

Jiwa: THEY WERE ABLE TO FIGURE
OUT WHO BOUGHT THE STEREO TUNER

WHICH CONTAINED THE BOMB.

Narrator: POLICE OBTAIN
THE SAME SORT OF TUNER

THAT WAS USED TO HOUSE THE BOMB
ON AIR INDIA.

THEY CONDUCT TESTS TO SEE HOW
BIG THE BOMB WOULD HAVE TO BE

TO CREATE THE SORT OF DAMAGE
THAT WAS FOUND IN TOKYO.

Jiwa: THERE WAS A PROGRESSIVE
EXPERIMENTATION USING DYNAMITE

TO FIND OUT
THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE

PARTICULAR STRENGTHS
OF DYNAMITE WOULD CAUSE.

Narrator: THEY MATCH THE SIZE
OF THE TUNER FRAGMENTS

MADE AFTER EACH EXPLOSION
WITH THE FRAGMENTS

THAT WERE FOUND AT NARITA.

THEY DISCOVER THAT JUST
A FEW STICKS OF DYNAMITE

WERE LIKELY USED
IN THE TOKYO BOMB.

BUT COULD JUST
FOUR STICKS OF DYNAMITE

REALLY BRING DOWN A JET?

ONCE THEY DISCOVER JUST HOW
POWERFUL THE NARITA BOMB WAS,

POLICE PLACE IT INTO A FULLY
LOADED LUGGAGE CONTAINER.

THE DEVASTATION IS ENORMOUS.

Jiwa: ANY DECOMPRESSION
CAUSED BY AN EVENT,

AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN THE
LUGGAGE HOLD WOULD BE SUFFICIENT

TO CAUSE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS
FOR THAT AIRCRAFT.

YOU DON'T NEED MUCH--FOUR STICKS
OF DYNAMITE CAN DO THE JOB.

Narrator: THE CRAMPED QUARTERS
OF A CARGO HOLD

AMPLIFY THE POWER OF A BOMB.

TESTS CONDUCTED AT
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

SHOWED THAT THE SHOCK WAVES
CREATED FROM A BOMB BLAST

DON'T TRAVEL IN
JUST ONE DIRECTION,

BUT REVERBERATE INSIDE
A LUGGAGE CONTAINER,

BUILDING ON EACH OTHER,

VASTLY INCREASING THE INITIAL
FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION.

IF A BOMB HAD INDEED EXPLODED IN
THE CARGO HOLD OF AIR INDIA 182,

IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED
ENORMOUS DESTRUCTION.

IT'S THE SORT OF DAMAGE
THAT SHOULD HAVE LEFT ITS MARK

ON THE REMAINS OF FLIGHT 182.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE
A GROWING SUSPICION

THAT THIS PLANE WAS
BROUGHT DOWN BY A BOMB.

BUT THEY STILL HAVE NO PROOF.

Truman: SO THE INVESTIGATORS
WERE NOT ONLY

LOOKING FOR, UH, UH,
SOMETHING THAT WAS BROKEN

THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE
FAILURE, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING

FOR SIGNS OF WHAT CAUSED
THE EXPLOSIONS,

SUCH AS BURNING,
OR SOLVENT STAINS,

OR POSSIBLY SHRAPNEL IN SEATS.

IT MEANT A LOT TIGHTER SCRUTINY
OF EVERY PIECE OF WRECKAGE.

Khola: WE KEPT ON ANALYZING
EACH PHOTOGRAPH.

IS IT GIVING ANY INDICATION
OF AN EXPLOSION?

IS IT GIVING ANY IMPACT DAMAGE?

Narrator: KNOWING HIS TIME
IS RUNNING OUT,

KHOLA SELECTS A FEW
KEY PIECES OF THE PLANE

TO BRING TO THE SURFACE.

BAD WEATHER FORCES HIM
TO LEAVE THE REST BEHIND.

KHOLA HOPES
THE BITS HE DOES HAVE

CAN PROVE THERE WAS
A BOMB ON BOARD.

EACH PIECE THAT'S BROUGHT UP
IS CAREFULLY MAPPED

TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION
ON THE JET.

ONE OF THE MOST
PROMISING SECTIONS

BROUGHT UP FROM THE BOTTOM

IS THE FLOOR
OF THE FRONT CARGO BAY.

Khola: WHEN WE RECOVERED THAT
ITEM, WE FOUND THAT IT HAD HOLES

WHICH ARE OF
A VERY SPECIAL NATURE,

PENETRATION FROM INSIDE
TO OUTSIDE AT A VERY HIGH SPEED,

CURLING OFF THE EDGES
OF THAT ONE.

AND THAT WAS INDICATIVE OF
THAT PERHAPS THIS IS THE PLACE

WHERE THE EXPLOSION
HAD OCCURRED.

Narrator: AS MANY AS
20 HOLES ARE FOUND.

IN EACH, THE METAL
IS BENT OUTWARD,

LIKE THE PETALS OF A FLOWER.

THESE ARE CLASSIC SIGNS
OF SOMETHING BEING BLOWN OUT

FROM THE CARGO BAY.

ON THE SIDE WALL
OF THE CARGO BAY,

INVESTIGATORS FIND MORE CLUES.

ADDITIONAL HOLES ARE DISCOVERED,
LIKE THE ONES ON THE FLOOR.

THESE ALSO APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN
BLOWN OUT FROM THE CARGO HOLD.

A CLOSER STUDY OF THE CEILING
OF THE CARGO BAY

ALSO INDICATES THAT THE RIBS
CONNECTING IT TO THE FUSELAGE

WERE BROKEN BY BEING FORCED UP.

INVESTIGATORS ARE CONVINCED
THAT THE WRECKAGE SHOWS

THAT A BOMB HAD EXPLODED
IN THE FORWARD CARGO HOLD.

IF THE BOMB HAD GONE OFF
IN THE FRONT OF THE PLANE,

IT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY
THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER

AND COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER
CUT OFF SO QUICKLY.

LIKE OTHER 747s, THE ELECTRONICS
BAY ON THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT

IS LOCATED BELOW THE COCKPIT.

MANY OF THE IMPORTANT
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ON THE PLANE

RUN THROUGH HERE.

THE FORWARD LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT
IS RIGHT BESIDE IT.

St. John:
AND SO WHEN THE BOMB WENT OFF,

THE EXPLOSION WOULD HAVE TAKEN
OUT THE COMPUTERS COMPLETELY,

AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY DEAD SILENCE,

AND THAT'S PRECISELY
WHAT HAPPENED.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATORS ARE CONVINCED

THAT AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182
WAS DESTROYED BY A BOMB.

THE CRASH OF THE PASSENGER JET
WAS A CRIME.

Jiwa: NOBODY, NOBODY THOUGHT
THAT SUCH AN EVIL PLOT

OF BLOWING TWO AIRCRAFTS
SIMULTANEOUSLY

WOULD OCCUR FROM VANCOUVER.

Narrator: EXHAUSTIVE DETECTIVE
WORK CREATES A CLEAR PICTURE

OF WHAT LIKELY HAPPENED
ON BOARD THE AIR INDIA JET.

IN TORONTO, M. SINGH'S BAG IS
TAKEN OFF THE VANCOUVER FLIGHT

AND MOVED ONTO
THE AIR INDIA JET.

IT'S PUT INTO
A LUGGAGE CONTAINER

THAT'S EVENTUALLY PLACED
AT THE FRONT OF THE JET,

RIGHT BEHIND THE PLANE'S
ELECTRONICS BAY.

AS THE PLANE SAILED
OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,

THE CREW HAD NO WARNING

THAT A BOMB WAS TICKING
DOWN TO DISASTER.

Co-pilot:
THEY WANT ABOUT 30 CUSTOM SEALS.

Bhinder: CUSTOMS?

Co-pilot: YEAH, CUSTOM SEALS TO
SEAL THE BAR BEFORE ITS ARRIVAL,

THE BAR--[LOUD EXPLOSION]

Narrator: WHEN THE FORCE OF THE
BLAST HIT THE FLOOR OF THE JET,

IT PUSHED IT VIOLENTLY UPWARDS.

THE THIN FUSELAGE WOULD
HAVE BEEN BLOWN APART.

THE AIR PRESSURE INSIDE
THE PLANE WOULD HAVE RUSHED OUT,

TEARING PASSENGERS
FROM THE CABIN

AND FATALLY CRIPPLING THE JET.

Jiwa: THE DEBRIS SCATTERED
OVER NINE MILES IS AN INDICATION

OF HOW RAPIDLY AND HOW FEARSOME
THIS WHOLE DECOMPRESSION WAS.

BUT IN THIS INSTANCE,

THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY DIDN'T
STAND A CHANCE OF FLIGHT.

THERE WAS NO WAY OF CONTINUING
FLIGHT IN THIS CASE.

Narrator: AS THE JET
FELL TOWARD THE SEA,

THE FORCES PUT ON THE FUSELAGE
TORE IT APART.

AFTER MONTHS OF PAINSTAKING
WORK, INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE

THEY HAVE UNRAVELED THE CAUSE
OF THE AIR INDIA CRASH.

THEY'VE PROVEN A BOMB
BROUGHT THE PLANE DOWN.

IT'S NOW UP TO POLICE
TO FIND THE BOMBERS.

BUT WITH SO MANY DEATHS
AND SO MANY MORE POSSIBLE

IF THE NARITA BOMB
HAD EXPLODED IN MIDAIR,

THERE IS IMMEDIATE INTEREST
IN MAKING PASSENGER JETS SAFER.

Khola: THIS WAS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST DISASTER

IN THE INDIAN AVIATION HISTORY.

AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED
IF THE PROCEDURES WERE IN PLACE.

Narrator: AS THE HUNT FOR
THE KILLERS CONTINUES,

EXTRAORDINARY STEPS ARE TAKEN
TO TIGHTEN SECURITY

AND TO SEE IF JETS CAN BE MADE

TO WITHSTAND
THE FORCE OF A BOMB.

Narrator:
IT'S MAY 1997, MORE THAN
10 YEARS AFTER A TERRORIST BOMB

DESTROYED AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182.

AN OUT-OF-SERVICE 747
IS ABOUT TO TAKE PART

IN A REMARKABLE TEST.

TWO BOMBS ARE PLACED
IN THE FRONT CARGO BAY--

TWO MORE ARE PUT IN THE BACK.

Joseph Gatto:
WELL, THE BRUNTINGTHORPE TEST

WAS ACTUALLY INTENDED TO PROVE
FIVE YEARS' WORTH OF RESEARCH

THAT WE CAN PROTECT AN AIRPLANE

USING HARDENED LUGGAGE
CONTAINERS OR HARDENED LINERS

IN A CARGO HOLD.

Narrator:
THE PLANE IS ALSO PRESSURIZED

TO SIMULATE THE CONDITIONS
A JET WOULD ENCOUNTER

AT CRUISING ALTITUDE.

Gatto: PRESSURIZATION IS THE KEY
TO THAT KIND OF EXPERIMENT.

THE ADDED ENERGY THAT YOU HAVE
FROM THE PRESSURIZATION

INSIDE THE AIRPLANE
ADDS TO THE DAMAGE.

YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS
A BALLOON, IF YOU TAKE A PIN,

AND YOU PUT IT IN A BALLOON
THAT'S UNINFLATED,

YOU GET JUST A SIMPLE HOLE
THE SIZE OF THE PIN.

HOWEVER, IF YOU BLOW
THAT BALLOON UP,

AND YOU HIT IT WITH A PIN,
IT POPS CATASTROPHICALLY.

Narrator: WHEN THE BOMBS
ARE DETONATED...

THE RESULT IS DEVASTATING.

Gatto: THE FORCE OF THE BLAST
PLUS THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE JET

JUST TORE THE PLANE APART, AND
THAT'S THE CLOSEST WE CAN COME

TO SEEING WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED TO A JET IN FLIGHT.

Narrator: THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER
OF BOMBS ON JETS IS WELL-KNOWN.

BUT WHAT THE TESTS
AT BRUNTINGTHORPE SHOWED

WAS THAT RELATIVELY
SIMPLE MEASURES

CAN SUBSTANTIALLY MINIMIZE THE
DAMAGE CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION.

ONE OF THE BOMBS
IN THE REAR CARGO HOLD

WAS PLACED IN A NORMAL
LUGGAGE CONTAINER.

BUT THE BOMBS IN THE FRONT CARGO
HOLD WERE DIFFERENT.

ONE WAS PLACED IN
A SPECIALIZED CONTAINER

STRENGTHENED WITH A MATERIAL

SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND
IN BULLET-PROOF VESTS.

THE OTHER WAS PUT
IN A NORMAL CONTAINER,

BUT PLACED BESIDE WALLS
THAT HAD BEEN REINFORCED

WITH A BLAST-ABSORBING LINER.

WHEN THE BOMBS EXPLODE,

THE FRONT OF THE PLANE
IS VIRTUALLY UNTOUCHED.

Gatto: WE HAD NO BREACH OF
THE AIRPLANE SKIN WITH THE LINER

OR WITH THE HARDENED
LUGGAGE CONTAINERS,

BUT TOWARDS THE REAR OF
THE AIRPLANE OR THE TAIL,

WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
OF THE HARDENED MATERIALS,

THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE
FOR THE AIRPLANE.

Narrator: THE STANDARD LUGGAGE
CONTAINER DID NOTHING

TO MINIMIZE THE BLAST.

BOTH THE PROTECTIVE LINING
IN THE FRONT CARGO BAY

AND THE HARDENED
LUGGAGE CONTAINER

WERE ABLE TO ABSORB
THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION.

Gatto: IT'S ONLY SPECULATION.

WOULD STEPS LIKE THESE
HAVE SAVED AIR INDIA?

VERY LIKELY.

WOULD THEY MAKE THE INDUSTRY
SAFER TODAY?

ABSOLUTELY.

Narrator: DESPITE THE DRAMATIC
RESULTS OF THE TESTS IN BRITAIN,

HARDENED LUGGAGE CONTAINERS
ARE NOT USED

BY THE WORLD'S AIRLINES.

WHILE EFFECTIVE
AT STOPPING BOMBS,

THEY'RE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

Gatto: THE HARDENED CONTAINERS
ARE NOT IN USE NOW,

BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT
ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.

THE CONTAINERS COST
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

JUST TO PURCHASE,
AND THEY'RE VERY FRAGILE,

THEY'RE COMPOSITE MATERIAL,

SO IF YOU RUN INTO THE SIDE
OF THEM WITH A FORKLIFT,

THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH USELESS FROM
THAT POINT FORWARD.

Naator: THERE HAVE BEEN
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS

MADE TO THE WAY THAT
PASSENGER LUGGAGE IS SCREENED

AT MOST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS.

MORE SOPHISTICATED
COLOR X-RAY SYSTEMS

USING MULTIPLE SCANNING BEAMS
ARE NOW USED.

Singh:
BUT I AM INDEED CONFIRMED!

WAIT, I'LL GET MY BROTHER,
HE'LL TELL YOU.

Adams: OH, UH, OKAY, OKAY,
I--I'LL CHECK IT THROUGH,

BUT YOU HAVE TO CHECK WITH AIR
INDIA WHEN YOU GET TO TORONTO.

Narrator: AND THERE ARE
STRICTER REGULATIONS

ABOUT LUGGAGE GETTING SENT
FORWARD ON CONNECTING FLIGHTS.

St. John:
IN THE CASE OF AIR INDIA,

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL

WAS PASSENGER BAGGAGE
RECONCILIATION.

THIS IS THE KEY TO DETECTING AN
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE OR A TERRORIST.

NO PLANE LEAVES WITH BAGGAGE

UNATTACHED TO A SPECIFIC
PASSENGER INSIDE THAT PLANE.

Adams: YOUR SEAT IS 10-B.

Pada: I THINK ONE OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT PIECE OF NEWS

FOR THE FAMILIES TO ACCEPT

WAS THE MANY WAYS

IN WHICH THIS TRAGEDY
COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.

I MEAN, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
UNFORGIVABLE

THAT A BAG COULD BE INTERLINED
TO ANOTHER DESTINATION

WITHOUT A PASSENGER
ACCOMPANYING IT.

Narrator:
THE QUALITY OF TRAINING

THAT SECURITY GUARDS AT AIRPORTS
GET ALSO CAME UNDER SCRUTINY

DURING THE YEARS
AFTER THE AIR INDIA CRASH.

IT'S STILL AN AREA OF CONCERN
FOR SOME SECURITY EXPERTS.

St. John: THERE'S A REAL FAILURE
TO TRAIN SECURITY PERSONNEL.

AND THAT FAILURE IS BECAUSE
YOU CANNOT PAY RENT-A-COPS

SUBSISTENT WAGES
TO LOOK AFTER YOUR SECURITY

WHEN YOU GET ON BOARD
AN AIRCRAFT.

[CHANTING]

Narrator: IN THE AIR INDIA CASE,

POLICE EVENTUALLY TRACE
THE BOMBING TO SIKH EXTREMISTS

LIVING IN CANADA.

THEY'RE FIGHTING TO HAVE
AN INDEPENDENT SIKH HOMELAND

CREATED IN INDIA.

THE MAN WHO CONFESSED
TO ASSEMBLING THE BOMB

IS SENT TO PRISON.

THE MAN SUSPECTED
OF MASTERMINDING THE PLOT

IS KILLED SEVERAL YEARS LATER
WHILE UNDER ARREST IN INDIA.

BOTH MEN HAD DEEP TIES

TO CANADA'S WEST COAST
SIKH COMMUNITY.

IT'S A CONNECTION THAT
STILL BOTHERS LATA PADA.

Pada: IT WAS A DELIBERATE ACT OF
TERRORISM, AND HURTS EVEN MORE

THAT THEY WERE EXECUTED
BY CANADIANS

ON CANADIAN SOIL
AGAINST CANADIANS.

Narrator: MORE THAN 20 YEARS
AFTER THE DESTRUCTION

OF THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT,

THE SHOCK OF THE DAY
IS STILL FRESH,

AND MANY QUESTIONS
REMAIN UNANSWERED.

Jiwa: WE STILL DON'T KNOW
WHO THE TWO PEOPLE WERE

WHO CHECKED IN THE BAGS.

APART FROM THE BASICS
OF WHO MADE THE BOMB,

WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT
WHO ELSE ASSISTED THEM.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO PICKED UP
THOSE TICKETS.

[CHANTING]

THERE'S A VOW OF SILENCE THAT
HAS HINDERED THE INVESTIGATION.

Man: THIS INQUIRY WILL BE
LAUNCHED IMMEDIATELY,

AND WILL BE LED
BY AN OUTSTANDING...

Narrator: IN 2006, THE CANADIAN
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED AN INQUIRY

INTO THE AIR INDIA BOMBING--

ANOTHER INVESTIGATION
OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY.

THE SHOCKING DEATHS OF SO MANY

IS A CONTINUING SOURCE
OF ANGER AND DISBELIEF.

NO MATTER WHAT
THE INQUIRY FINDS,

THE SOBERING FACTS
ARE THE SAME--

329 PEOPLE KILLED IN AN INSTANT.

THERE ARE MEMORIALS NOW
IN IRELAND AND CANADA,

MOURNING THE VICTIMS
OF THE AIR INDIA CRASH--

MARKING THE DAY A TERRORIST BOMB

RIPPED THROUGH
THE LIVES OF SO MANY.