National Day to remember Victims of Air Disasters

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just announced a National Day to remember victims of Air Disasters like: Air India, 9/11, Lockerbie, Malaysia Airlines and Boeing Max 737.

Do I get a say for surviving a King air crash back in 2008?

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The 1988 Lockerbie bombing was a straight military hit intended to kill a United States Air Force combat controller who was returning to the USA with results of surveys that they had been doing of airstrips in Libya. The bombs were planted on a Pan Am 747 by Libyan military agents. The fact that 300 innocent civilians died in the crash does not bother African dictators.

Remember that back during the 1980s, Libya was at odds with the USA. The USAF launched bombing raids against Libya and dictator Colonel Mohamar Ghadafi.

Edited December 24, 2020 by riggerrob
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The 1985 bombing of Air India flight 182 was only one action in a civil war between Sikh religious groups. The Babar Khalsa sect was implicated in the bombing. Two Canadian Sikhs - who manufactured the bombs - were tried in Canadian courts. Perjury, destruction of evidence, murder of witnesses, appeals, etc. delayed criminal trials. The trials seemed to last forever, but eventually Inderjit Singh Reyat spent 30 years in Canadian jails. 

Edited December 24, 2020 by riggerrob
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Correction: 8 January 2021 is the first Canadian National Day to Remember Victims of Air Disasters.

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Sadly, that day turned out to be a dud in 2021.

What started as an attempt to gain votes from the Ethiopian, Ukrainian, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, etc. diasporas living in Canada didn't even make the front page of many newspapers.

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SR 111 crashed close to Halifax. Had a close friend of the family on board.