Pan Am Flight 103
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Pan Am Flight 103 was a transatlantic Pan American World Airways flight that was destroyed by a terrorist bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pan Am Flight 103 bombing | 3 |
| Lockerbie bombing | 2 |
| Pan Am Flight 103 crash | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation accident
ⓘ
commercial passenger flight ⓘ terrorist bombing ⓘ |
| aircraftName | Clipper Maid of the Seas ⓘ |
| aircraftRegistration | N739PA ⓘ |
| aircraftType |
Boeing 747
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 747-121
|
| airline | Pan American World Airways ⓘ |
| cause |
explosion of an improvised explosive device in the forward cargo hold
ⓘ
terrorist bombing ⓘ |
| charges | 270 counts of murder ⓘ |
| compensationPaidBy | Libya ⓘ |
| convictedIndividual | Abdelbaset al-Megrahi ⓘ |
| countryOfIncident | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfRegistration |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewFatalities | 16 ⓘ |
| date | 1988-12-21 ⓘ |
| fatalitiesOnBoard | 259 ⓘ |
| fatalitiesOnGround | 11 ⓘ |
| finalDestination | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport ⓘ |
| firstLegDestination |
Heathrow Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
London Heathrow Airport
|
| flightType | scheduled international passenger flight ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
one of the deadliest terrorist attacks involving an aircraft before September 11, 2001
ⓘ
prompted major changes in international aviation security ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ⓘ
Scottish authorities ⓘ United States federal officials ⓘ
surface form:
United States authorities
|
| legalOutcome |
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi convicted in 2001
ⓘ
Lamin Khalifah Fhimah acquitted in 2001 ⓘ |
| locationOfIncident | Lockerbie, Scotland ⓘ |
| memorialLocation |
Arlington National Cemetery
ⓘ
Lockerbie, Scotland ⓘ Syracuse University ⓘ |
| notableVictims |
270 people from 21 countries
ⓘ
35 students from Syracuse University ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Pan American World Airways ⓘ |
| origin | Frankfurt Airport ⓘ |
| passengerFatalities | 243 ⓘ |
| perpetratorAlleged | Libyan intelligence operatives ⓘ |
| phaseOfFlightAtExplosion | cruise at about 31,000 feet ⓘ |
| route | Frankfurt am Main to Detroit ⓘ |
| secondLegDestination | John F. Kennedy International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondLegOrigin |
Heathrow Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
London Heathrow Airport
|
| stateResponsibilityAcknowledgedBy | Libya ⓘ |
| stopover |
John F. Kennedy International Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heathrow Airport ⓘ
surface form:
London Heathrow Airport
|
| survivors | 0 ⓘ |
| timeOfExplosion | approximately 19:03 GMT ⓘ |
| totalFatalities | 270 ⓘ |
| trialLocation | Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist ⓘ |
| year | 1988 ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
subject surface form:
Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
this entity surface form:
Lockerbie bombing
subject surface form:
Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
this entity surface form:
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
this entity surface form:
Pan Am Flight 103 crash
subject surface form:
Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
this entity surface form:
Lockerbie bombing
this entity surface form:
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing