The Air Disaster That Was No Accident | The Pan Am Flight 103 Catastrophe | History in the Dark
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- On December 21st, 1988, ground control would lose contact with Pan Am Flight 103: a 747 named Clipper Maid of the Seas. Quickly it was realized she had broken up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. As the authorities investigated, they discovered this had been no accident. Flight 103 had been intentionally destroyed by a bomb in a terrorist attack, killing 270 people.
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Ugh... this incident was the tipping point that led to the downward spiral of a great airline, and the guy who ordered the bombing was only taken out - more than 30 years later, by his own people. Little consolation for the families of the victims, IMO.
I actually like the idea of you making multiple videos each covering different issues of Pan Am before you touch on the entire corporation itself. Can’t wait to see whichever issue of Pan Am’s you talk about next.
Happy 4th of July!
With Pan Am being the focal point, I imagine the Tenerife disaster will be discussed soon
Is this prior to 9/11?
Beautifully worded! I remember this tragic event very well (I'm that old!) We can only hope that this will be concluded soon. So the next-of-kin can finally move on with their lives.
I knew about Lockerbie before hand, but remember learning about this disaster during training to be a flight attendant/cabin crew in 2011, and the implications and security regulations etcetera out in place afterward but I never knew about those who passed away after impact
One wonders how things would have changed if the US had stood up to Khaddafi when he first came to power in 1969. Especially if the US had retained Wheelus AFB ln Libya.
I was in West Germany (in the USAF, Rhein Main AB) when this happened. I actually knew somebody that was supposed to be on Flight 103 but missed his flight as he didn't get to the airport on time.
Free Palistine!
Wasn't expecting the Lockerbie bombing to show up here
Wow. Such a typical airline shame. I didn't hear these details. Airline gets warning. Uses warning to justify surcharge or rate hike but does nothing with money or to address warning. Wtaf.
I live near Detroit, and where one of my family is buried, is a memorial to the crash
Great video Darkness, RIP to all the souls lost in this tragedy.
Another commercial airline to focus on would be TWA.
A close relative of mine flew that flight just a couple of weeks prior so this event is a bit personal. What a pointless act. I remember hearing an interview with someone who had been on the connecting flight out of Germany. She described one gleeful young girl who was near her on the flight and who brought joy to her fellow passengers. The girl was on the onward flight to New York. As the woman put it, "You didn't deserve this."
WTF?! That's so tragic!^Thx. for sharing all facts you could gather. Bloody terrorists!
I had to pause the video when it mentioned the Syracuse University students since a relative of mine was originally scheduled to be on that flight.
There is a grim post-script to this; fourteen year old Steven Flannigan of Sherwood Crescent had gone over to a neighbour's house to set up a new bicycle that was a Christmas present for his younger sister. While gone, a large part of the aircraft fell on his home, killing his sister and both his parents.
Well, this is a can of worms, because the cloud of "evidence" points so many ways. However, I admire you for tackling this, and may all analysis contribute to the future knowledge of this terrorist act.