PA 103
21 Dec 1988 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsPAN AM FLIGHT 103 — 'LOCKERBIE'
Boeing 747-100 · Pan Am · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Libyan bomb in the forward hold
Baggage screening
Unaccompanied bags
Airframe breakup
Aircraft
Boeing 747-100
Pan Am
Route
London–Heathrow (LHR), UK
→ New York–JFK (JFK), USA
People
259 on board
259 fatalities +11 on ground
Date
21 Dec 1988
Flight crew
Captain: Jim MacQuarrie
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
A bomb hidden in a cassette player destroyed the 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff. 270 dead, including 11 on the ground.