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The wreckage has landed in eastern ukraine, russian border, embroiled in fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists. their relationship with the russian military has been murky for a very long while now and that is part of figuring out what happens next here. the crash site is in an area that is under rebel control. the rebels are denying any responsibility for the crash. as are the russians. how much of an investigation can be done in what is realistically a war zone? who will do that investigation? what do we still expect to be able to find out about how this happened, where it originated from, and who did it? joining us now, longtime nbc news aviation correspondent, robert hager, mr. hager has been an on the ground reporter in passenger jet disasters including pan am over lockerbie. mr. hager, thank you for being with us tonight. sure, rachel. by the way, i covered both the soviet shoot-down of the korean passenger plane, as well as the iranian airbus that got s ....
Missile was shot from remains unclear, however. the wreckage has landed in eastern crukraine, russian bord, embroiled in fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists. their relationship with the russian military has been murky for a very long while now and that is part of figuring out what happens next here. the crash site is in an area that is under rebel control. the rebels are denying any responsibility for the crash. as are the russians. how much of an investigation can be done ain what is realisticaly a war zone? who will do that investigation? what do we still expect to be able to find out about how this happened, where it originated from, and who did it? joining us now, longtime nbc news aviation correspondent, robert hager, mr. hager has been an on the ground reporter in passenger jet disasters including pan am over lockerbie. mr. hager, thank you for being with us tonight. sure, rachel. by the way, i covered both the soviet shoot-down of the korean ....
Eastern ukraine, russian border, embroiled in fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists. their relationship with the russian military has been murky for a very long while now and that is part of figuring out what happens next here. the crash site is in an area that is under rebel control. the rebels are denying any responsibility for the crash. as are the russians. how much of an investigation can be done in what is realistically a war zone? who will do that investigation? what do we still expect to be able to find out about how this happened, where it originated from, and who did it? joining us now, longtime nbc news aviation correspondent, robert hager, mr. hager has been an on the ground reporter in passenger jet disasters including pan am over lockerbie. mr. hager, thank you for being with us tonight. sure, rachel. by the way, i covered both the soviet shoot-down of the korean passenger plane, as well as the iranian airbus that got shot down. when you look b ....
One is in serious condition and the other three we re told do not have life-threatening injuries. remembering a tragedy 25 years ago today. the fate of pan am 103 exploding over lockerbie, scotland, killing 270 people. to this day, the bombing is the deadliest terror attack in britain. many of the victims were american college students flying home for christmas. now memorials and services are being held on both sides of the atlantic. sky news correspondent james hilton is joining us live from lockerbie with more. jane? it was 25 years ago that pan am flight 103 was only half an hour in the voyage, the flight from heath row back to john f. kennedy airport. on board was as will of students from the syracuse university going home for christmas. half an hour in to that flight, a bomb exploded. and the aircraft and all the passengers fell on the town in ....
Benghazi and tripoli. today we have done what we had to do. if necessary, we shall do it again. reporter: two years later, libyan bomb on pan am flight over lockerbie, scott land, killing 259 on board, 11 on the ground. acting tactically rather than strategically risks causing more harm than good. we see it in the current situation in syria. reporter: there s no question the u.s. military can pull off a limited strike, analysts say short term satisfaction can often be outweighed by long term consequences and the real likelihood of retaliation against u.s. interests. thank you. wall street recovered a bit after a bad day tuesday. the dow was up today, 48. the s&p 500 gained 4, and nasdaq ahead 15. just the potential of military conflict in syria had a big effect on the global economy. so what happens if we get the real thing? let s get some answers now from melissa francis in new york, ....