Rodney Wallis, a British aviation expert, told the Air India inquiry commission that 'many aviation security experts will back a good dog over a piece of equipment any day.'
It is now clear that the bags were not properly screened either in Toronto or in Montreal, leading to the death of 329 people.
'But the truth is finally coming out finally. There is still more behind all this, we will see,' said Sahu, who was very upset that the plane was not searched or, at the very least, ordered to return to Mirabel airport after it took off.
The RCMP timesheet for the Air India detail in June 1985 shows five officers on duty on June 22, up from three the previous week.
Canadaian police took no action despite a warning from Air-India that extremists planned to bomb the airline.
Global aluminium giant Alcan Inc on Friday announced its plan to sell its 45 per cent stake in India's Utkal Alumina International Ltd, its joint venture with Aditya Birla group flagship Hindalco Industries.
Force India drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil will start Sunday's French Grand Prix at the back of the grid after being eliminated in the first qualifying session in Magny-Cours. Due to the 10-pace grid penalty on Williams' Nico Rosberg from the Canadian Grand Prix, Fisichella and Sutil avoided a 19-20 start by finishing 18th and 19th respectively.
Magny-Cours marked the turning point of the Finn's season last year and he needs another French Grand Prix win on Sunday after slipping to fourth place overall.
Preeja Sreedharan has achieved the 'B' qualifying norms for the Beijing Olympics after finishing runner-up in the 10,000m run of the British Miles Club Elite Grand Prix in London by slicing more than a minute from the national record timing set by her. Sreedharan finished second behind local Jo Pavey on Saturday with a new national record timing of 32:04.41s.
Shareholders accepted the takeover of the club by US sports tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton said on Wednesday he could still win next week's French Grand Prix despite a 10-place penalty on the starting grid. Hamilton picked up the penalty after piling into the rear of Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari in the Canadian Grand Prix pit-lane last Sunday.
The 23-year-old McLaren driver kissed goodbye to his championship lead with the most embarrassing moment of his fledgling Formula One career.
The top seeds were shocked by Tommy Haas of Germany and Jurgen Melzer of Austria in the \nPilot Pen tournament.
Andy Roddick is looking to break the world number one's 12-1 commanding hold over him when they meet in the Australian Open semis.
Eight-times hockey champions India could miss out on the Olympics for the first time unless changes are made to the organisation of the sport, according to international centre half Viren Rasquinha.
Gold prices came under renewed selling pressure in the pre-New York opening hours on Wednesday morning, this time responding to a declining crude oil and rising US dollar value. Values quickly fell towards the lower $900's as participants continued to be frustrated by the metal's recent lack of response to outside drivers and by investor apathy. The current pause is still seen as a period of consolidation and the risk of a breach of the $900 level remains in place.
Eight British men are accused of planning co-ordinated mid-air attacks on flights out of London's Heathrow airport to the US and Canada. Prosecutor Peter Wright, QC, told the Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday that the atrocity would have had 'a truly global impact'. He added that they had planned it 'all in the name of Islam'.
Eight-time Olympic champions India did not qualify for the semi-finals, the first time that they have failed to win a medal in Asian Games history.
It also implicitly refers to what came out in testimonies before Justice John Major that one L Singh's baggage was checked-in by CP Air out of Vancouver on the connecting Air India flight from Toronto to New Delhi without the passenger having confirmed booking on the connecting Air India flight and the passenger himself not even being on board the flight.
Mark Stagg, the watch officer on the Laurentian Forest, told in a quavering voice of being handed a dead infant to place in a makeshift body bag.
PlanetSpace, a company led by Dr Chirinjeev Kathuria, won half the battle to get a contract from NASA, when it managed to bring space heavyweights Lockheed Martin and Alliant Techsystems as its partners. Bank of Montreal too is part of the venture. The mission is to build an unmanned spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
An innocuous stomach virus may be the advantage the rest of the men's field need to stop world number one Roger Federer winning his third successive Australian Open title.
Foreign B-schools are finding great potential in India's growing economy and are therefore coming up with executive education programmes and centres here.
American Michael Phelps broke his own world record in the men's 200m butterfly at the Pan Pacific championships.
Kim Clijsters is unlikely to defend her US Open title later this month because of a wrist injury.
The US Open champion has pulled out of the Rogers Cup event in Montreal.
The Indian ace made a shocking exit from the Rogers Cup, losing to Italian qualifier Alberta Brianti.
Indian talent is certainly world-class, but it does not have global grade experience. Our aspiration is to be a global company. Fifty-five to 60 per cent of our revenue comes from the international business.
Greg Rusedski bid a muted goodbye to Canadian tennis fans with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Russian Mikhail Youzhny.
No official reason was given for Andre Agassi pulling out of the Canadian Open.
Political economist and human rights activist Vithal Rajan and healthcare professional Lalita Malhotra were appointed officer and member respectively to the Order of Canada on Monday
Canada has decided to deport Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Bachan Singh Sogi accused of plotting to assassinate former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.
The Ferrari driver's main aim is to prevent Fernando Alonso from chalking up a fifth successive win.
Renault's Formula One world champion scored his fourth consecutive victory of the season.
Bangladesh's national carrier Biman will sue US authorities for barring one of its aircrafts from landing at the JFK Airport in New York this week, officials said on Wednesday.
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