Today, Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 (VPAF 103) released the following statement regarding the recent Peacock series, Lockerbie: A Search For Truth, based on the work of Dr. Jim Swire, father of Flora, a passenger on the flight: We are incredibly frustrated and angry about the content in the series. It does exactly what…
Annie Lareau, whose best friend Theo Cohen was on the plane, recounts the evening of the bombing of Pan Am 103 in 1988. She was an SU student in London who knew many on the plane, and her account is raw, sincere, and more relevant than anything I could write: I scanned the list. My…
Thirty five years ago, I was home in Honeoye after a particularly arduous semester at Nazareth College. I remember December 21, 1988 as an unseasonably warm day, memorable because an act of terrorism thousands of miles away took the lives of 270 people. Decades later, the saga, and the activism of families and friends, continues.…
Reader interested in a detailed history of the investigation into Mas’ud’s role in the bombing would be well-advised to watch Ken Dornstein’s excellent three-part documentary, My Brother’s Bomber, which is available on PBS’ website. The New York Times has an article that provides a good rundown of some of the history is the case.
Many, many times through all these years, we’ve been asked about a sense of closure. There’s never really closure. You learn to live with it and you get on with your life with the fond memories, and you hope there is a (life) after this life (and) we will see our daughter again. Robert Hunt…
“There is never closure. You have to find a way to navigate the rest of your life with the effects of whatever tragedy you have had to experience or deal with. I do what my daughter would have wanted for me, and that is to go on with my life as best as I could.”…
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, the Libyan intelligence officer implicated in the bombing of Pan Am 103, is now in custody. Mas’ud was the subject of Ken Dornstein’s excellent 2015 documentary, My Brother’s Bomber, which drew renewed attention to his role in the attack. The New York Times provides the following details: The arrest of the…
The 26 page complaint against Abu Agila Mas’ud, identified as the primary bomb maker in the attack on Pam Am 103, is accessible through this link.
Lockerbie Scholars Mary-Ann McVey & Aidan Kevans share their reflections on those lost in Lockerbie and aboard Pan Am 103 32 years ago. Though the pandemic has altered the way we commemorate the 270 people lost on December 21, 1988, today we will celebrate their lives and honor their memories as we gather across the…
The Wall Street Journal has posted an excellent article detailing the lengthy investigation following the bombing of Pan Am 103. Readers should be aware that the article features several videos of the wreckage taken shortly after the bombing.
Nearly 32 years to the day after 270 people lost their lives in the attack on Pan American Flight 103, the United Stated Justice Department in on the verge of filing charges against Abu Agila Mas’ud. Mas’ud’s link to the bombing was revealed in part through the investigative reporting of Ken Dornstein, whose brother, David,…
As we approach the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing, the BBC has posted an essay, with extensive images, detailing the tragedy as told through the experiences of Lockerbie’s residents.