The US Opens up The Pan Am Lockerbie Disaster 30 Years On But Who Would be Charged?
Published December 17th, 2020 - 10:00 GMT
Wreckage of the 747 Pan Am jet that exploded and crashed over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Picture: AFP
The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, according to a person familiar with the case, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
The bombing of Flight 103, whose victims included dozens of American college students, spurred global investigations and produced sanctions against Libya, which ultimately surrendered two intelligence officials for prosecution before a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands.