On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded from a terrorist's bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland. Dead were 270 people – all 243 passengers, 16 crew members and 11 people on the ground, including a family of four.
On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London's Heathrow International Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was destroyed and the remains landed in and around the town of Lockerbie, Scotland. Forensic experts determined that plastic explosive had been detonated in the Boeing 747-121 forward cargo hold. The death toll was 270 people from 21 countries, including 11 people in the town of Lockerbie.
In the Sherwood Crescent neighborhood of Lockerbie, Scotland, families were gathered for dinner time, perhaps watching television or wrapping Christmas presents. Just after 7 p.m. on Dec. 21, dreams were shattered when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded in the sky 34 years ago from a terrorist’s bomb. Dead were 270 people – all 243 passengers, 16 crew members and 11 people on the ground, including a family of four.charged with an international act of terrorism. He is accused with making the bomb that brought down the airliner.The bomb packed in a cassette recorder detonated as the plane was over Lockerbie.
Salvage experts search the bottom, of the deep pit gouged in the village of Lockerbie, Scotland, Sunday, Dec. 27, 1988, by the Pan Am Boeing 747, which crashed their last Wednesday, killing all 258 aboard, passengers and crew. On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London's Heathrow International Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was destroyed and the remains landed in and around the town of Lockerbie, Scotland.
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