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Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit, via London and New York. On 21 December 1988, N739PA, the aircraft operating the transatlantic leg of the route, was destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew, in what became known as the Lockerbie bombing. Large sections of the aircraft crashed onto residential areas of Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 11 more people on the ground.
Following a three-year joint investigation by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrest warrants were issued for two Libyan nationals in November 1991. In 1999, Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi handed over the two men for trial at Camp Zeist, Netherlands after protracted negotiations and UN sanctions. In 2001, Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was jailed for life after being found guilty of 270 counts of murder in connection with the bombing. In August 2009, he was released by the Scottish Government on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in May 2012, the only person to be convicted for the attack. He had continually asserted his innocence.
Coordinates: 55°07′12″N 3°21′25″W / 55.120°N 3.357°W / 55.120; -3.357
Lockerbie (Scottish Gaelic: Locarbaidh) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, south-western Scotland. It lies approximately 75 miles (121 km) from Glasgow, and 20 miles (32 km) from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census. The town came to international attention in December 1988 when the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 crashed there following a terrorist bomb attack aboard the flight.
Lockerbie apparently has existed since at least the days of Viking influence in this part of Scotland in the period around AD 900. The name (originally "Loc-hard's by") means Lockard's Town in Old Norse. The presence of the remains of a Roman camp a mile to the west of the town suggests its origins may be even earlier. Lockerbie first entered recorded history in the 1190s in a charter of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, granting the lands of Lockerbie to Adam de Carlyle. It appears as Lokardebi, in 1306.
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Phil Black charts the story of the Lockerbie bombing from the crash of the flight to the release of the convicted bomber.
When the Libyan intelligence operative Abdel Baset al-Megrahi eventually dies of the prostate cancer that so controversially won him his freedom from a Scottish prison, his death will trigger headlines around the world. But few tears will be shed for the only man ever found guilty of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am 103 -- until 9/11, the most lethal terrorist attack ever on American civilians. Certainly not by the American families, who felt shock and revulsion at al-Megrahi's release. Nor by American politicians, infuriated at the long list of British and Scottish officials who have refused to testify before a Senate committee investigating possible backroom deals involving Scottish and British officials, British commercial interests and the Libyan government. Yet by the accounts of those who...
December 22nd 1998 John Stapleton presents coverage of the Lockerbie bombing the morning after on BBC Breakfast Time. The attack, on a Pan Am Boeing 747 killed 270 people, including eleven people who were killed on the ground when the jumbo jet, which had been bombed by terrorists, crashed on the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
Originally published on December 21, 2013 Sign up for a free trial of News Direct's animated news graphics at http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/Reuters.aspx Saturday, December 21, will mark the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing. On December 21, 1988, Pan AM flight 103 from London to New York City was blown out of the sky, killing 259 on board and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland. According to reports, that day an explosive device was placed in a Samsonite Silhouette 4000 suitcase and was smuggled unaccompanied aboard Air Malta Flight KM180. The airport scanner did not detect the Semtex plastic explosive and the electronic clock timer allegedly inside a Toshiba BombBeat radio-cassette player. According to the official version of the events, the aircraft took off i...
On December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am flight 103 just above the village of Lockerbie in Scotland. All passengers and crew died and people were killed by debris on the ground as well. 21 years later, al-Megrahi was freed on compassionate grounds - it was thought he was dying at the time. But the murderer is still alive and being treated as a hero in Libya. Typical. Down with Gaddafi!
Twenty-five years ago, 16-year-old Melina Hudson was among 259 passengers killed when a bomb brought down Pan Am flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland. Among Melina's possessions found on the ground was a notebook containing a message that her father took as a call to action. Wyatt Andrews reports.
One year after the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi from HM Prison Greenock in Scotland, this documentary examines the Lockerbie bomber's conviction for what is still the worst single terrorist attack on the UK and the renewed controversy over the Scottish Government's decision to send him home to Libya on compassionate grounds. GUIDANCE: This programme contains flashing images and includes footage from the time of the crash which some viewers may find upsetting.
This documentary goes in-depth when discussing the bombing of Pan-American Flight 103 on December 21, 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Pan Am flight 103 had reached a cruising altitude of 31,000 feet and was flying over Lockerbie Scotland when a bomb in the cargo hold detonated and ripped through the plane's fuselage, killing all 259 on board and 11 on the ground. | http://www.ahctv.com/evolution-of-evil/ Catch EVOLUTION OF EVIL Thursdays at 10/9c on AHC! Subscribe to American Heroes Channel: http://bit.ly/AHCSubscribe
Create your own video on http://studio.stupeflix.com/?w=1 ! 'Convicted': Megrahi. 'Acquitted': Fhimah. A declassified CIA document referring to the Helsinki warning. center. Sherwood Crescent, Lockerbie. It was this photograph of Megrahi, taken in the 1980s, that Tony Gauci identified as the man who had bought the clothes. Syracuse University's memorial.
Create your own video on http://studio.stupeflix.com/?w=1 ! The "Old Row". Yates Castle, The former home of the School of Education and Journalism (demolished). Crouse College, The home of the School of Visual and Performing Arts. Bridge to Yates Castle. The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Setnor Auditorium, Home of the Music Department. The stairway to the Hall of Languages, the main building of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the oldest building on campus. The monument to the faculty and students lost on Pan Am Flight 103 is located in the foreground. The Quad, the center of the Main Campus, on a warm April day. Located at the west end is Hendricks Chapel, with the Carrier Dome to its left and immediately behind the photographer would be Link Hall. The Carnegie Li...
The field where the nose of Pan Am 103 flew 27 years ago.
About two dozen people gathered at Syracuse University today to remember the 35 students studying abroad who were killed when Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988.
CitrusTV's Jared Mandel speaks with Emily Allen, one of the 2010 Remembrance Scholars who helped plan this week's events to remember the 35 SU students who lost their lives in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103.
Syracuse University hosted a candelight ceremony to remember the 35 students who died in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988.
HEADLINE: Raw video: Mourners reflect on Lockerbie anniversary CAPTION: Today marks twenty years since the Pan Am 103 bombing, but there are still people in disagreement over who was behind it. (Dec. 21) APTN STORY NUMBER: 589683 1. Mid shot of wreath laying ceremony 2. Bagpipe player playing 3. Wreath layers hugging each other 4. Various of wreath laying 5. Bagpipe player playing 6. Various of flowers and names on memorial stone You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/75ad9f42d4c9604ff5066b19cfe1e9bb Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
The Free and Easy Forever Fund was established to create a new memorial in remembrance of class members Richard Caproni '89 and Michael Hannan '89 killed in the 9/11 attacks and Lynne Hartunian '89 and Colleen Brunner ’90 killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on their return home from a semester in London. The legacy of Lynne, Colleen, Rich and Mike will remind future Oswego generations to live life to the fullest.
John Boyd -- interview September 12, 2013 at Cornwall Mount in Dumfries, Scotland Chief Constable, Lockerbie Police retired, Her Majesties Inspector Constable for Scotland complete oral history available in the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Documentary marking the 10th anniversary of the explosion of Pan Am flight 103 over the small Scottish rural community of Lockerbie.
This news bulletin was broadcast sometime around 11:45pm on 21st December 1988, following the crash of Pan Am flight 103 on the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
The Lockerbie disaster was Europe's worst terrorist outrage, but was it also Britain's biggest miscarriage of justice? This film investigates the case against Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and finds evidence to suggest he may have been wrongly accused.