What happened on Pan Am 103?
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What happened on Pan Am 103?
Pan Am flight 103, also called Lockerbie bombing, flight of a passenger airliner operated by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, after a bomb was detonated. All 259 people on board were killed, and 11 individuals on the ground also died.
What happened to the Pan Am flight?
Title slide: Thirty years ago, on December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the sky by a terrorist bomb over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. Title slide: Onboard the aircraft were citizens of 21 countries, including 189 Americans.
What caused Flight 103 crash?
28: British investigators conclude that a bomb in the luggage compartment caused the midair disintegration of Pan Am Flight 103. 29: The Federal Aviation Administration imposes new security measures on American airlines that fly out of 103 airports in Western Europe and the Middle East.
How did Pan Am Flight 103 crash?
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 left London’s Heathrow Airport headed for New York City. At 7:03 p.m. (Greenwich Mean Time) the Boeing 747, known as Clipper Maid of the Seas, leveled off at 31,000 feet. Just north of the England-Scotland border, an explosion blew a basketball-sized hole in the fuselage.
Who died on Pan Am 103?
The 259 passengers and crew included citizens of 21 countries. Among them were 190 Americans, including 15 active duty military personnel and 10 veterans.
Where is the Lockerbie plane wreckage?
Thirty years on from the devastating Lockerbie bombing disaster, the wreckage of Pan Am flight 103 lies in a scrapyard in Lincolnshire.
Where did Pan Am get its name?
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century.
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