December 21, 1988

Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie.

  • Aircraft Type: Boeing 747-121
  • Aircraft Name: Clipper Maid of the Seas
  • Operator: Pan American World Airways
  • IATA flight No. PA103
  • Flight origin: Frankfurt Airport. Frankfurt, West Germany
  • 1st Stopover: Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom
  • 2nd Stopover: John F. Kennedy Inter'l Airport, New York City, United States
  • Destination: Detroit, Metropolitan Airport, Michigan, United States
  • Occupants: 259
  • Passengers: 243
  • Crew: 16
  • On Board Fatalities: 259
  • Ground Fatalities: 11
  • Survivors: 0

Shortly after the crash, all major international television networks rushed to Lockerbie to cover the disaster. Below are three of the actual television broadcasts.

NBC:

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CBS

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BBC

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