Lockerbie disaster 25th anniversary - A timeline of events

Originally published on December 21, 2013 Sign up for a free trial of News Direct’s animated news graphics at Saturday, December 21, will mark the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing. On December 21, 1988, Pan AM flight 103 from London to New York City was blown out of the sky, killing 259 on board and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland. According to reports, that day an explosive device was placed in a Samsonite Silhouette 4000 suitcase and was smuggled unaccompanied aboard Air Malta Flight KM180. The airport scanner did not detect the Semtex plastic explosive and the electronic clock timer allegedly inside a Toshiba BombBeat radio-cassette player. According to the official version of the events, the aircraft took off in Malta and landed in Frankfurt. The luggage was then transferred to a flight bound for London, and again moved to Pan Am flight 103 headed to New York. According to the Indepe