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Pan Am Flight 103

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York. On 21 December 1988, N739PA, the aircraft operating the transatlantic leg of the route, was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew in what became known as the Lockerbie bombing. Large sections of the aircraft crashed onto residential areas of Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 11 more people on the ground.Wikipedia

Date:Dec 21, 1988

Summary:In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing

Site:Lockerbie, Scotland

Passengers:243

Crew:16

Fatalities:270 (259 in the aircraft and 11 on the ground)

Survivors:0 (possibly 2 initially)

Aircraft type:Boeing 747–121

Aircraft name:Clipper Maid of the Seas

Operator:Pan American World Airways

Registration:N739PA

Flight origin:Frankfurt am Main Airport, Frankfurt, West Germany

1st stopover:London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom

2nd stopover:John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States

Destination:Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Detroit, United States