Lockerbie Bombing - BBC 2 Newsflash

December 21st 1988

Nicholas Witchell presents a news flash on BBC 2 on the crash of Pan Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

It later became apparent that the Boeing 747 had been destroyed by a terrorist bomb, claiming the lives of 259 people in the aircraft and 11 on the ground.

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[TBro278]

i think the bastards who did this should be strung up by their balls...(and I'm an American..please don't think that just cuz our govt does something means we all agree with it)

[amigolakota1974]

a fucking tragedy .the yanks didnt want the victims to get any justice ,they  did a deal with the libyans .the cunts

[LB1973]

@ForeverAyrtonSenna The British government did not release the bomber, the Scottish government did.

[chuzzwozzer]

@Superman8137 well, you got your wish!



[mrduffy1100]

@chuzzwozzer There was a an Indian 747 blown up just west of Ireland, nobody remembers, or gives a fuck about that horror.

[mrduffy1100]

@TheShepster80 kate- an American flying from the US to London to shop?! There is the clue, cheap oil, and how does the West get it to fund that kind of extravagence.

[ForeverAyrtonSenna]

@AmericanAirlinesRule The British government released the bomber, most people here hate the government. Most Brits wouldn't have released the bastard in 100 years.

[TheShepster80]

@madcapoperator I also heard that kim catrall was due to be on the flight also but decided to do some last minute christmas shopping in london! and rebooked her flight. Also the group the four tops was due on that flight but missed it because they overslept.

[Dendiol]

Megrahi wasn't guilty.

[AmericanAirlinesRule]

@amigolakota1974 The Americans didn't release the bomber, the Brits did!

[chuzzwozzer]

@Marty933 Yes of course it was a terror attack, but also a consequence of US foreign policy. If this happened in some country like Mozambique nobody would care and it would not receive much coverage but as it were this happened to English speaking people and was therefore a terrible newsworthy tragedy.

[Marty933]

@chuzzwozzer I didn't know that. But even though it was revenge and not a jihad attack, it still is a terror attack isn't it? Is one cause any worse or better than the other? Its still killing innocents for something they had absolutely nothing to do with.