Lockerbie, The Bombing Of Pan AM 103 (Patreon)

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York. On 21 December 1988, N739PA, the aircraft operating the transatlantic leg of the route was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew on board – a disaster known as the Lockerbie bombing.  

It is believed but never been proven the bomb was put on a plane in Malta, which would have unbelievably meant it past through Germany and Heathrow airport in London without being scanned. The timer on the bomb was crude and instead of exploding by air pressure and height it was set by the terrorist to explode over the sea, but with several delays, fate would not have it that way and it exploded over the small village of Lockerbie Scotland.  

This is the worst terrorist attack on U.K soil, time does not diminish the impact of this  tragedy of the attack on a Boeing 747 full of people , many students excitedly returning home for Christmas to spend the holidays with their loved ones.