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. All 259 people on board and 11 residents of Lockerbie were killed, and a Libyan intelligence officer was later convicted of their murder.
2 video perspectives
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50:03
This Mayday episode follows British air accident investigators and the FBI after Pan Am Flight 103 broke apart over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 270 people.
Published 26 Oct 2021
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38:03
A bomb hidden in a cassette player destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988, killing 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.
Published 24 Oct 2026