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Dec 17, 2020 01:04 PM EST
Here are the facts about the Pan Am Flight 103 that blew up over Lockerbie, Scotland. The tragedy took the lives of many people after the takeoff from London on December 21, 1988.
The Pan Am Flight 103 at Lockerbie, Scotland blew up at 31,000 feet after it left London. At approximately 38 minutes while in the air, it exploded.
Onboard were 259 people riding the Boeing 747 that would never reach its destination. All with the passengers who died, eleven people killed by accident on the ground, reported CNN.
American and British investigators investigated why the plane was destroyed, gathered the debris, and found parts of the circuit board and timer suspected to be a bomb, instead of any mechanical malfunction that caused the explosion.