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A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur on British soil.
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Pan Am Flight 103
1988 aircraft bombing in Scotland
Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 "Clipper Maid of the Seas" was destroyed by a bomb while flying over…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lockerbie
Town in Scotland
Lockerbie is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, located in south-western Scotland. The 2001 Census recorded its population as 4,009. The town had an estimated population of 4,190 in 2020. The town came to international attention in December 1988 when the wreckage of Pan Am Flight…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dumfries and Galloway
Council area of Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the north-east; the English county of Cumbria,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 21
Day of the year
December 21 is the 355th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)