But with the deadline for submissions now set at March 21, it is considered unlikely Straw will make a decision before the end of the month. And British law also allows an application to the High Court for a judicial review to challenge whatever decision Straw makes. All 329 people aboard Air India Flight 182, bound for London from Montreal, died when it exploded and crashed into the sea off the Irish coast. Reyat is in a B.C. prison where he is due to be released in June after serving a 10-year sentence for manslaughter for building the bomb that exploded at the Narita airport on the same day as the Air India blast. The bomb at Narita airport was left in luggage destined for a second plane, Air India Flight 301.
Police believe both bombs originated in British Columbia.
They face charges of conspiracy and first-degree murder in the bombing of Flight 182, as well as attempted murder for the bomb that targeted Flight 301 and the murders of the two baggage handlers at Narita. Reyat has never admitted guilt in the Narita bombing and authorities say he has not co-operated in the investigation of what happened to Flight 182. A Web site maintained by Reyat's son has decried the application to the British home secretary as a miscarriage of justice. It also urges visitors to e-mail the home secretary to request a full trial in British courts before the extradition request is granted. No politician used influence to get a wealthy Canadian family a tax break worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a former Revenue Canada deputy minister told a federal court judge Friday.