Pan Am Flicht 103
 The remains o the forward section frae Clipper Maid of the Seas | |
| Bombin | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 December 1988 |
| Summary | Terrorist bombin |
| Steid | Lockerbie, Scotland 55°06′56″N 003°21′31″W / 55.11556°N 3.35861°WCoordinates: 55°06′56″N 003°21′31″W / 55.11556°N 3.35861°W |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747–121 |
| Aircraft name | Clipper Maid of the Seas |
| Operator | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration | N739PA |
| Flicht oreegin | Frankfurt am Main Airport, Frankfurt, West Germany |
| 1st stapower | Lunnon Heathrow Airport, Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick |
| 2nt stapower | John F. Kennedy Internaitional Airport, New York Ceety, Unitit States |
| Destination | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Coonty Airport, Detroit, Unitit States |
| Passengers | 243 |
| Crew | 16 |
| Fatalities | 270 (includin 11 on grund) |
| Survivors | 0[1][2] |
Pan Am Flight 103 wis a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight frae Frankfurt tae Detroit via Lunnon an New York. On 21 December 1988, N739PA, the aircraft operatin the transatlantic leg o the route, wis destroyed bi a bomb, killin aw 243 passengers and16 crew, in what becam kent as the Lockerbie bombin.[3] Lairge sections o the aircraft crashed ontae residential auries o Lockerbie, Scotland, killin 11 mair fowk on the grund.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Several passengers war reportit tae have survived the ineetial impact, aw eventually dee'd efter the crash.
- ↑ "Lockerbie 10 Years On: The dead girl still had tufts of grass in her hand..she was conscious when they crashed; TERROR OF PASSENGERS WHO FELL SIX MILES WHEN PAN-AM FLIGHT 103 EXPLODED. – Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Clipper Maid of the Seas: Remembering those on flight 103". panamair.org. 2007. Archived frae the original on 26 Mairch 2008. Retrieved 8 Juin 2008. Unknown parameter
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