PAN AM FLIGHT 103

WHAT HAPPENED?

• December 21, 1988 crash
• Bomb explosion on plane
• Over Lockerbie, Scotland
• Casualties in air and on land occurred

WHY DID IT OCCUR?

• No one is certain as to why they bombed the plane
• Flight had passengers from 21 countries on board
• Most were American
• Reagan ordered bombing of Libyan capital in 1986
• Flight 103 possible retaliation for that

WHO WAS INVOLVED?

• Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi
• Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah
• 243 passengers
• 16 crew
• 11 residents

WHAT RESULTED?

• 270 fatalities
• 189 US fatalities
• 21 houses demolished in Lockerbie
• Megrahi sentenced to life imprisonment

CHANGES

• Tensions between US and Libya
• Tensions between UK and Libya
• Increase in airport security
• New and continued terrorist threat