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| + | [[File:Stodd lockerbie.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The remains of the nose section of Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988.]] | ||
'''Pam AM Flight 103''' was a scheduled passenger flight from London, England to New York City on December 21, 1988 when a bomb placed in a suitcase by former [[Libya]]n intelligence officer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi exploded in a cargo compartment while the aircraft was over Lockerbie, Scotland. The deaths of 259 people in the aircraft and 11 residents on the ground shocked the world; the release in 2009 of Al Megrahi from prison by Scottish officials - and his hero's welcome in Libya - outraged both governments of the United States and Britain. | '''Pam AM Flight 103''' was a scheduled passenger flight from London, England to New York City on December 21, 1988 when a bomb placed in a suitcase by former [[Libya]]n intelligence officer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi exploded in a cargo compartment while the aircraft was over Lockerbie, Scotland. The deaths of 259 people in the aircraft and 11 residents on the ground shocked the world; the release in 2009 of Al Megrahi from prison by Scottish officials - and his hero's welcome in Libya - outraged both governments of the United States and Britain. | ||
Revision as of 07:08, August 23, 2009
Pam AM Flight 103 was a scheduled passenger flight from London, England to New York City on December 21, 1988 when a bomb placed in a suitcase by former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi exploded in a cargo compartment while the aircraft was over Lockerbie, Scotland. The deaths of 259 people in the aircraft and 11 residents on the ground shocked the world; the release in 2009 of Al Megrahi from prison by Scottish officials - and his hero's welcome in Libya - outraged both governments of the United States and Britain.