[Sharon]

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This image will be forever in my head. You see the clear stretch of road in the foreground? My dad drove past the crash site (in our bright yellow Lada!) and I was stunned at the devastation. What a terrible event to witness

Mind you, being in a bright yellow 'communist car' was traumatic too, especially if I saw a fellow kid from school. I used to duck so they didn't see me!

Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways's third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London's Heathrow International Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

On Wednesday 21 December 1988, the aircraft flying this route—a Boeing 747-121 named Clipper Maid of the Seas—was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Eleven people in Lockerbie, south Scotland, were killed as large sections of the plane fell in and around the town, bringing total fatalities to 270.

[the hated]

wasn't their anthem " we plow the fields and scatter (the good people cross the land) "

[güttsfükk]

awesome photograph... some more pix + i thought this was interesting

People booked who did not board

There were instances of people who were supposed to board Pan Am Flight 103, but arrived too late to board the flight, escaping the fate of those on board.

The potential "271st victim"

Jaswant Basuta, an Indian national, was checked in for Pan Am Flight 103, but arrived at the boarding gate too late. Having attended a family wedding in Belfast, Basuta was returning to New York where the 47-year old car mechanic was about to start a new job. Friends and relatives from nearby Southall came to see him off at the airport terminal, and bought him drinks in the upstairs bar. When "gate closing" flashed on the departure screen, Basuta hurried through security and sprinted to the departure gate, but the room was empty except for Pan Am ground staff who denied him access to the aircraft.
Basuta was initially considered a suspect as his checked baggage had been on the flight without him. After questioning at Heathrow police station, he was released without charge. Twenty years later, in an interview with the BBC, Basuta talked about his narrow escape from death: "I should have been the 271st victim and I still feel terrible for all the other people who died."

South African foreign minister
The South African foreign minister Pik Botha and a minor delegation of 22 was supposed to board Pan Am 103, but managed to take the earlier Pan Am 101 flight. They were on their way to New York to sign the tripartite agreement whereby South Africa agreed to hand control of Namibia to the United Nations. The UN commissioner appointed to take over, Bernt Carlsson, was among the victims of Flight 103 as mentioned above.

Celebrities

The R&B singing group The Four Tops had been scheduled to board Pan Am Flight 103 to return to the United States for Christmas after completing their European tour, but were late getting out of a recording session and overslept.

Punk rock musician John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. and his wife, Nora, were also booked on Pan Am Flight 103, but missed it due to delays.

The 1988 world tennis no 1 Mats Wilander had made a reservation but did not take a seat on the flight.

The actress Kim Cattrall was also booked on the flight but changed her reservation shortly beforehand in order to complete some last minute gift shopping in London and mentioned it during interviews in 2007, an example of which can be read at http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...escape_1034625

Sourcxes : wikipedia & google image search

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by the hated ↗

wasn't their anthem " we plow the fields and scatter (the good people cross the land) "

Ha ha, yeah and their favourite flavour of crisps is "plane" Good old gallows humour.

[Impy Chaos]

lol thats funny, and of course sad. Funny for what you and hated said. Sad because plane crashes fucking blow
~imp c

[güttsfükk]

The morning after the Lockerbie/Pan Am disaster.The first 6 minutes of BBC TV's "Breakfast Time" at 8.00am on Thursday 22nd December 1988.

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[güttsfükk]

A BBC2 news report on the Pan Am flight 103 crash

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[Sharon]

My eternal thanks and gratefulness to Gutts for the fantastic additions above.

[NEVERBACKZ]

Very sad night for all involved thanks for pic and info

[woodsetton]

They released the fucker who planted the bomb as he was said to be near death from cancer. Guess what? He's still alive and got a hero's welcome in Libya when he got home.