Episode 523: Lockerbie Disaster – The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, remains one of the deadliest and most controversial terrorist attacks in modern history. A bomb hidden inside the Boeing 747 exploded at approximately 31,000 feet, killing all 259 people aboard and 11 residents on the ground. What followed was an enormous international investigation involving Scottish police, the FBI, intelligence agencies, forensic experts, and thousands of pieces of evidence scattered across hundreds of square miles. Suspicion initially focused on Iran and the PFLP-GC before investigators…
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