U.S. to charge new suspect in 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing that killed 270
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London's Heathrow International Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was destroyed and the remains landed in and around the town of Lockerbie, Scotland. Forensic experts determined that plastic explosive had been detonated in the Boeing 747-121 forward cargo hold. The death toll was 270 people from 21 countries, including 11 people in the town of Lockerbie. (Ap Photo)AP
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Washington -- Federal prosecutors are expected to charge a new suspect in the airline bombing 32 years ago over Lockerbie, Scotland that killed 35 Syracuse University students coming home from abroad.