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.

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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
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
secondLegOrigin Heathrow Airport
surface form: London Heathrow Airport
stateResponsibilityAcknowledgedBy Libya
stopover John F. Kennedy International Airport
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

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Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial relatedTo Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial category Pan Am Flight 103
Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis mainSubject Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Dumfriesshire hasHistoricalEvent Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
Garden of Remembrance commemoratesEvent Pan Am Flight 103
subject surface form: Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Garden of Remembrance associatedWith Pan Am Flight 103
subject surface form: Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
Garden of Remembrance associatedWith Pan Am Flight 103
subject surface form: Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
Garden of Remembrance hasCategory Pan Am Flight 103
subject surface form: Garden of Remembrance (Lockerbie)
Lockerbie knownFor Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Lockerbie eventOccurredHere Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 crash
Gaddafi era keyEvent Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
UN Security Council Resolution 731 subject Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
UN Security Council Resolution 731 subject Pan Am Flight 103
UN Security Council Resolution 748 subject Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
UN Security Council Resolution 748 subject Pan Am Flight 103
UN Security Council Resolution 883 subject Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
UN Security Council Resolution 883 relatedTo Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
UN Security Council Resolution 1192 concerns Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
UN Security Council Resolution 1192 concerns Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Dryfesdale Cemetery memorial associatedWithEvent Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Dryfesdale Cemetery memorial isRelatedTo Pan Am Flight 103
Lockerbie, Scotland knownFor Pan Am Flight 103
subject surface form: Lockerbie
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Lockerbie, Scotland eventLocation Pan Am Flight 103
subject surface form: Lockerbie
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Clipper Maid of the Seas inServiceWith Pan Am Flight 103
Clipper Maid of the Seas event Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
Clipper Maid of the Seas event Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
N739PA usedOnRoute Pan Am Flight 103
N739PA flightNumberAtTimeOfDestruction Pan Am Flight 103
N739PA incidentName Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
N739PA associatedTerroristAct Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi convictedOf Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi associatedWithEvent Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist relatedEvent Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist category Pan Am Flight 103
this entity surface form: Lockerbie bombing
Lamin Khalifah Fhimah acquitted in 2001 associatedWithEvent Pan Am Flight 103
subject surface form: Lamin Khalifah Fhimah
this entity surface form: bombing of Pan Am Flight 103