National Geographic Channel
Commemorates the 20th Anniversary
of Lockerbie in an Air Crash Investigation Special
Air Crash Investigation: Lockerbie. Scottish rescue workers and crash investigators search the area around the cockpit of Pan Am flight 103 in a farmer's field east of Lockerbie, Scotland on December 23, 1988, after a mid-air bombing killed all 259 passengers and crew, and 11 civilians on the ground. Image by (c) Greg Bos/Reuters/Corbis LONDON - Twenty years ago on 21st December, (1988), all 259 people travelling onPan Am Flight 103 were killed when the aircraft bound for New York explodedabove the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. There were a further 11 deaths onthe ground. This devastating plane crash shattered a village and captured theattention of the world.Within a month of the chilling explosion, investigators discovered apiece of circuit board the size of a fingertip originating from a bomb. Itwas found to have come from a suitcase in the plane's luggage compartment.But who was responsible for this devastating terrorist act? This Air CrashInvestigation special looks into the resulting investigation, tracking downthe bomber and his subsequent conviction of the murder of 270 people. Twoyears later, the Libyan government accepted responsibility and paid a $2.7billion settlement.This National Geographic Channel special, features interviews with UKAAIB investigators and FBI bomb analysts and is based on official reports andeyewitness accounts.National Geographic Channel have created a special website featuring theincident, http://natgeochannel.co.uk/programmes/air-crash-investigation, thisincludes the results of the investigation, facts and background details onpiecing together this type of enquiry.The site contains a comprehensive world map showing all the locations ofaccidents featured in series 1- 6 of Air Crash Investigation.UK Premiere: AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION: LOCKERBIE on Monday 8th December at9pm
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