Families want some of Air India wreckage saved

Vancouver: For the families of the Air India jet brought down by a terrorist bomb more than 20 years ago, the only physical memory of the tragedy is the wreckage itself.
The mangled remains of the jumbo airliner also make up the primary physical evidence in the faltering legal case, evidence that sits in a Vancouver-area warehouse while its future is determined.
Families of the 329 victims fear that if the wreckage is sent back to India, it will simply disappear. Rattan Kalsi, who lost his 21-year-old daughter, Indira, wants it used as part of a memorial in either Vancouver or Toronto.
Lata Pada, whose husband and two daughters were killed in the blast off the coast of Ireland in 1985, also wants to see the jet's remains incorporated into a national memorial.
Last week, the Vancouver Park Board approved $160,000 for a memorial in the city's Stanley Park. It will list the victims' names. Spokesman Michael Tansey said the inquiry has no need of the destroyed plane parts.
08/10/06 Canadian Press/CTV.ca, Canada

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