Flights Gone Wrong

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John F. Kennedy Airport

Events

  • 21 December 1988

    Pan Am Flight 103

    Pan Am Flight 103, a Boeing 747 flying from London Heathrow to New York, was destroyed by a bomb in its forward cargo hold over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988.

    2 videos
    • On The Move
    • Vornik
  • 9 August 1978

    Olympic Airways Flight 411

    An engine failed as Olympic Airways Flight 411, a fully loaded Boeing 747 bound for New York, lifted off from Athens on 9 August 1978, and the jet barely climbed as it crossed the city at rooftop height.

    1 video
    • Green Dot Aviation

Videos

  1. Pan Am Flight 103: How a Tiny Fragment Traced the Lockerbie Bomb

    DocumentaryVornik · 38:03

    Event: Pan Am Flight 103 (1988)

  2. Pan Am Flight 103: How Investigators Proved a Bomb Over Lockerbie

    DocumentaryOn The Move · 50:03

    Event: Pan Am Flight 103 (1988)

  3. Olympic Airways Flight 411: How a 747 Skimmed Athens Rooftops

    DocumentaryGreen Dot Aviation · 34:25

    Event: Olympic Airways Flight 411 (1978)