Disaster · December 21, 1988

Pan Am Flight 103

Name: Pan Am Flight 103
Start: 1988-12-21
Location: Lockerbie, United Kingdom

37 years ago · Lockerbie, United Kingdom

37th anniversary

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am flight from Frankfurt to Detroit, with stopovers in London and New York City. Shortly after 19:00 GMT on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 Clipper Maid of the Seas was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

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