The Lockerbie Bombing: Pan Am Flight 103 and 270 Lives Lost | True Crime History
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded mid-air over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground — a total of 270 victims from 21 countries. Among them were 190 Americans, including 35 Syracuse University students heading home for the holidays.
A meticulously hidden Semtex bomb in a suitcase brought down the Boeing 747 just 38 minutes after takeoff. What followed was one of the largest criminal investigations in history, years of international sanctions, a landmark trial, and a decades-long fight for justice that continues today.
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