. The bodies of Captain MacQuarrie, his copilot and the flight engineer were found still strapped into their seats. It offered us so much comfort to know that he had been looked after.. On 14 March 2002, Lord Cullen took less than three minutes to deliver the decision of the High Court of Judiciary. Kathryn Turman, assistant director of the FBIs Victim Services Division, at the time headed the Office for Victims of Crime at the Department of Justice and was asked to create an assistance plan for families of the victims during the trial. Scottish police officers and Lockerbie residents regularly volunteered to be guides and companions to these special visitors, and because of the grace and compassion shown to grieving strangers a long way from home, lasting bonds were formed. Al-Megrahi was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. This date is in doubt, as Gauci had testified that Malta's Christmas lights had not been on when the clothes had been purchased; the lights were later found to have been switched on on 6 December. These were considered by a judge sitting in private who decided to grant Megrahi leave to appeal. October 2015: Two more suspects linked to Libya investigated. Now, in their verdant peacefulness, they tell the story of a remarkable transatlantic friendship that blossomed out of a terrifying nightmare. The other man, Lamin Khalifa Fhimah, was acquitted. Thirty-five Syracuse students returning home from a study abroad program were killed on the flight, and the university vowed never to forget them. This mother tragically lost her son in the bombing of the Pan Am Flight 103. Transcript of the trial of the Scottish court at Camp Zeist 2000, p. 59. In 1991, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was the assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice, and he was in charge of the Lockerbie investigation. On 16 August 2003, Libya formally admitted responsibility for Pan Am Flight 103 in a letter presented to the president of the United Nations Security Council. "At the time it all happened so fast. We cannot say that it is impossible that the clothing might have been taken from Malta, united somewhere with a timer from some source other than Libya and introduced into the airline baggage system at Frankfurt or Heathrow. [113] The result was Gaddafi's lingering animosity against the two countries which led to Libyan support for the bombings of Pan Am Flight 103 and UTA Flight 772. Something went wrong, please try again later. [78] Kchler criticised the SCCRC for exonerating police, prosecutors and forensic staff from blame in respect of Megrahi's alleged wrongful conviction. Investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the British Department for Transport concluded that the nose of the aircraft was blown off and separated from the main fuselage within three seconds of the explosion. As a result, the United States and the United Nations Security Council imposed economic sanctions against Libya. After hospital treatment ended, he returned to his family home. Thats one of the things that we do in the FBI, and we do well, is we speak their names. In addition, the university annually awards 35 scholarships to seniors to honour each of the 35 students killed. He argued that the verdict was not one that a reasonable jury in an ordinary trial could have reached if it were given proper directions by the judge. After being released, Megrahi returned to Libya and received a jubilant welcome. Thats the only way you are going to prevent attacks and solve attacks. . Mohammed al-Alagi, justice minister for the new leadership in Tripoli, said "the council would not allow any Libyan to be deported to face trial in another country Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has already been judged once, and will not be judged again. -- Here's a list of the 270 people killed 25 years ago today in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie in December 1988 is now in US custody, authorities in the United States and . Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi was said to be the "third conspirator" behind the downing of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988. Richard Granat-the creator of MyLawyer.com, SmartLegalForms and the People's Law Library of Maryland-has joined Intraspexion, a new artificial-intelligence software company, as a strategic adviser. The rear fuselage and landing gear crashed into the Rosebank Crescent neighborhood in the center of town. 45:47. All 259 passengers and crew members were killed. The wreckage of the crash was scattered over 2,000 square kilometers (770sqmi), and AAIB investigators were confronted by a massive jigsaw puzzle in trying to piece the plane back together. . [54] The Iranian foreign ministry swiftly denied any involvement. MP Andrew Mitchell said Al-Megrahi was comatose and near death. December 21, 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit via London blows up. According to the report, the rest of the wreckage composed of "the complete fuselage forward of approximately station 480 to station 380 and incorporating the flight deck and nose landing gear was found as one piece in a field approximately 4 kilometres (2.5mi) east of Lockerbie. A leading rights group has urged the U.S. and Libya to clarify the legality of a surprise extradition of a suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/event/Pan-Am-flight-103, Rights group questions Lockerbie suspects extradition. The nose cone was briefly held on by a band of metal, but facing aft, like the lid of a can. [Oliver_ FBI's Oliver "Buck" Revell served as Advisor to PCAST]. Later, on 23 March 1986, a Libyan Navy patrol boat was sunk in the Gulf of Sidra,[106] followed by the sinking of another Libyan vessel on 25 March 1986. [142] In October 2008 Libya paid $1.5billion into a fund which will be used to compensate relatives of the, As a result, President Bush signed Executive Order 13477 restoring the Libyan government's immunity from terror-related lawsuits and dismissing all of the pending compensation cases in the US, the White House said. The FBI has been a constant presence, said Mary Kay Stratis, a New Jersey resident who lost her husband, Elia, on Pan Am Flight 103 and who is board chair of the victims group. The cabin crew was based at Heathrow and lived in the London area or commuted from around Europe. [162], The main UK memorial is at Dryfesdale Cemetery about one mile (1.5 kilometres) west of Lockerbie. [30][31], Aboard the flight were U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Special Agents Daniel Emmett O'Connor and Ronald Albert Lariviere. It was en route to New York. Most Americans were awakened to the reality of terrorism on September 11, 2001, but more than a decade earlier, a few days before Christmas in 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, bound to New York from London and carrying mainly U.S. citizens, was blown out of the sky by a terrorist bomb over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. Those who knew and loved these people will never forget the moment they discovered the nearly unbearable truth. While no doubt organisations such as the PFLP-GC and the PPSF were also engaged in terrorist activities during the same period, we are satisfied that there was no evidence from which we could infer that they were involved in this particular act of terrorism, and the evidence relating to their activities does not create a reasonable doubt in our minds about the Libyan origin of this crime.[70]. [23] The explosion in the aircraft hold was magnified by the uncontrolled decompression of the fuselage - a large difference in pressure between the aircraft's interior and exterior. Karen Gass was 26 years old at the time. (5 minutes) LOCKERBIE, ScotlandThe sky rained fire on a chill December night here in 1988. Examination of the baggage containers revealed that the container nearest the hole had blackening, pitting, and severe damage, indicating a "high-energy event" had taken place inside it. The cockpit crew was based at JFK.[20]. Investigations were soon launched in the United . It is, as we have said, clear that with one exception, the clothing in the primary suitcase was the clothing purchased in Mr Gauci's shop on 7 December 1988. Thirty years after the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the FBI and its partners are still actively seeking justice for the 270 victims and their families. "Later US intelligence officials confirmed that members of the group had been monitoring Pan Am's facilities at Frankfurt airport. A terrorist bomb destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the small Scottish town in December 1988 shortly after it had left London on its way to the USA. In many homes, dinner plates had been cleared away, televisions were tuned to This Is Your Life, and parents were wrapping presents. But when the plane dropped out of the sky that night, no one was certain what had happened. [citation needed], At 19:02:44, Alan Topp, the clearance delivery officer at Shanwick, transmitted its oceanic route clearance. It looked as though they were asleep, it wasn't obviously injured, and it was just a shock to realise it was a passenger from Pan Am 103. In September 2009, a third petition which was addressed to the President of the United Nations General Assembly demanded that the UN should "institute a full public inquiry" into the Lockerbie disaster. Forty-six seconds after the bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 detonated, the aircraft's wings hit Sherwood Crescent, close to Mr Giesecke's Park Place home, at 500mph, disintegrating on impact and leaving . On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, en route from London's Heathrow Airport to New York, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers, 16 crew members and 11 people on the ground . You could see how much time had passed. 1 The disputed territory of Western Sahara is mostly occupied and administered by Morocco; the Polisario Front claims the territory in militating for the establishment an independ Two hundred and fifty-nine people on board the New York-bound Boeing 747 were killed, along with 11 people on the ground. Turmans team proposed an idea without precedent: Create a website and provide closed-circuit video coverage of the trial that families could access in various locations on two continents. On December 21, Pan Am 103 was beginning the second leg of its Frankfurt-London-New York-Detroit route. He survived for almost three more years. [155] The university also awards university tuition fees to two students from Lockerbie Academy each year, in the form of its Lockerbie scholarship. At the time he was in custody in Libya. Lockerbie bombing suspect to make first court appearance on Monday in Washington. Thirty-five of the passengers were students from Syracuse University, who participated in the university's Division of International Programs Abroad (abbreviated as "DIPA Program" and renamed to "Syracuse University Abroad" in 2006, while also known as "Syracuse Abroad" and "Study Abroad Program") and were returning home for Christmas following a semester in Syracuse's London and European campuses. The Pan Am Flight 103 exploded 31,000 feet over Lockerbie. Dr Jim Swire, 82, whose daughter Flora died in the bombing, said: We deserve to know who murdered our loved ones and why it was not prevented.. The US State Department maintained that it was not directly involved. The lifeless bodies of Pan Am Flight 103's crew and more than a dozen first class passengers lay almost intact amid the devastation of the downed plane. 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The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. . [93], Allegations have been made that the UK government and BP sought Al-Megrahi's release as part of a trade deal with Libya. However, he says, although there may be bias against older entrepreneurs, his experience is a benefit, not a . Dec. 21, 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 explodes 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after takeoff from London. In total, 4 million pieces of wreckage were collected and registered on computer files. * On Jan. 31, 2001, a three-judge Scottish court at a former U.S. base in the . It was like a battlefield. Pan Am flight 103, also called Lockerbie bombing, flight of a passenger airliner operated by Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, after a bomb was detonated. Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. A Warner Bros. We're trying to make our own little difference with the people in our lives., Weipz believes the goals of the family group and the university are essentially the same: to look back and forward at the same time to honor the victims. [82] Maggie Scott also asked for documents relating to an alleged payment of $2million made to Maltese merchant, Tony Gauci, for his testimony at the trial, which led to the conviction of Megrahi. [22] The rear fuselage, parts of the baggage hold, and three landing gear units landed at Rosebank Crescent. The BBC's Scotland correspondent, Andrew Cassell, reported on the 10th anniversary of the bombing that the townspeople had "opened their homes and hearts" to the relatives, bearing their own losses "stoically and with enormous dignity", and that the bonds forged then continue to this day.[41]. What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? The suitcase was then routed to a feeder flight in Frankfurt bound for Londons Heathrow Airport, where it was ultimately loaded onto the doomed jet. U.S. Said to Be Near Charges for Another Suspect in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing. . On Saturday, accompanied by 70 supporters, they cycled from Lockerbie to Edinburgh Castle. That was a tall order, considering that assisting federal crime victims at all was a fairly new concept. We had to have another look at ourselves and decide we are not simply dealing with people from Scotland, from the United Kingdom, McCulloch said. In 2003, Gaddafi accepted Libya's responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing and paid compensation to the families of the victims, although he maintained that he had never given the order for the attack. As Megrahi had only been in Malta on 7 December, that date was assumed to be the purchase date. All 259 people on board were killed, and 11 individuals on the ground also died. He credits the Scots thoroughness and professionalism, under extreme circumstances, with finding critical evidencepieces of the suitcase containing the bomb, fragments of a circuit board, bits of clothing traced to a Malta businessthat led to the Libyan intelligence officers. Concluding his extensive reply dated 27 October 2009 to the Prime Minister, Dr Swire said: You have now received a much more comprehensive letter requesting a full inquiry from our group 'UK Families-Flight 103'. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Ive watched many Pan Am 103 families from the vantage point of almost 30 years, being able to see how they've managed, how they've coped, how they've suffered, but also how they've been able to bring meaning to a meaningless, senseless tragedy. On 2 September 2009, former MEP Michael McGowan demanded that the UK government call for an urgent, independent inquiry led by the UN to find out the truth about Pan Am flight 103. Other theories implicate Libya and Abu Nidal, and apartheid South Africa. [166] The remains include the nose section of the Boeing 747, which was cut into several pieces to assist in removal from Tundergarth Hill. Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc. holds one of its annual meetings during Remembrance Week, and every year FBI and Scottish investigators and prosecutors brief the group on the status of the case. terrorist bombing, over Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom [1988]. The same source claims that, following this, "the shaking stopped and to his surprise he was uninjured". We all laid roses at the tree Hugh and Margaret had planted at the spot where they found dad and went to see the memorial in the town. [107] The Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was accused of retaliating for these sinkings by ordering the April 1986 bombing of La Belle, a West Berlin nightclub frequented by US military personnel, killing three people and injuring 230. The other 259 people aboard the aircraft died when the bomb blew apart the jetliner Dec. 21, 1988 or were killed by the 30,000-foot fall . This is a place that offers us comfort and such a special bond with the couple who found him, says tragic banker Frank Ciullas daughter Laurie Ciulla, mum of three of his grandchildren. "[citation needed], "Flight 103" redirects here. There is a semicircular stone wall in the garden of remembrance with the names and nationalities of all the victims along with individual funeral stones and memorials. Air traffic control tried to make contact with the flight, with no response. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Contrary to many popular accounts of the disaster (though repeated, with reference, below), the flight, which had a scheduled gate departure time of 18:00, left Heathrow airport on time.[16][17]. [160], The Women of Lockerbie (2003) is a play written by Deborah Brevoort which depicts a woman from New Jersey roaming the hills of Lockerbie, Scotland. By Katie Benner and Adam Goldman. I think that we have accomplished a lot, and that, to me, is how I have been able to handle it., With scholarships and endowments, Johnsons wife, Carole, added, we have been able to fulfill some of Beth Anns dreams for other people. Suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, who is in custody at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center, is seen in this December photograph. Despite the passage of three decades, noted Mike McGarrity, who leads the Bureaus Counterterrorism Division, the FBI does not forget. When you consider that some of the most critical exhibits, or productions, of the case were found 80 miles from Lockerbie, Cossar said, it shows you the scale of the search., A crime scene for me was normally a house or a room or a field with a person lying in it, said Bell, whose sector included the hard-hit Rosebank neighborhood. On December 1988, the Boeing 747 was scheduled to fly from Frankfurt, Germany, to Detroit, Michigan, via London and New York. May 2018: Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission probes Megrahis conviction. On 7 July 2009, the court reassembled for a procedural hearing and was told that because of the illness of one of the judges, Lord Wheatley, who was recovering from heart surgery, the final two substantive appeal sessions would run from 2 November to 11 December 2009, and 12 January to 26 February 2010. Some relatives of the dead, including Lockerbie campaigner Jim Swire, believe the bomb was planted at Heathrow Airport, and not sent via feeder flights from Malta, as per the US and UK governments. Flying at an altitude of 31,000 feet, the aircraft had just crossed the border into Scotland when the bomb exploded. "[131] The statement first came to public attention in the 1994 documentary film The Maltese Double Cross Lockerbie and was published in both The Guardian of 12 November 1994, and a special report from Private Eye magazine entitled Lockerbie, the flight from justice May/June 2001. Lockerbie Air Disaster Subject File. "[20]:16, All 243 passengers and 16 crew members were killed, as were 11 residents of Lockerbie on the ground. 53:52. [45], Just days before the sabotage of the aircraft, security forces in European countries, including the UK, were put on alert after a warning from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) that extremists might launch terrorist attacks to undermine the then-ongoing dialogue between the United States and the PLO. Act as a Spokesperson In case of an emergency, one person should take primary responsibility to speak on behalf of the entire organization to eliminate conflicting messages and to prevent the spread of misinformation. Clipper Maid of the Seas approached the corner of the Solway Firth at 19:01, and crossed the coast at 19:02 UTC. For Dick Marquise, who had been in charge of the FBIs investigation, and other investigators who worked tirelessly on behalf of the victims, the trials results were decidedly mixed. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. I actually saw a wrought iron gate melting. [88][89] On 20 August 2009, Megrahi was released from prison and travelled by chartered jet to Libya. For the hijacking in Karachi, see, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi. So Laurie, Mary Lou, now 75, sister Michelle Lipkin, 47, and brother Frank, 51, made their first pilgrimage to meet the Connells in 1992. Read about our approach to external linking. Within a week of what Scottish authorities were calling the Lockerbie air disaster, it was determined that Pan Am Flight 103 had been destroyed by a bomb. [132], Compensation for the families of the PA103 victims was among the steps set by the UN for lifting its sanctions against Libya. We update each other on what both organizations are doing, we have regular face-to-face meetings, whether in the U.S. or Scotland, and we keep in contact., If I had a message to tell the families and people around the world, Cossar added, it is that this is very much a live investigation, and we are hopeful that at some point in the future we will have potentially another trial and possibly another conviction.. I find it encouraging, she said, that we are still on their minds, and their presence convinces me of that. A stained glass window in Lockerbies Town Hall represents the 270 victims of Pan Am Flight 103 and the 21 countries they came from. [20]:44 The fuselage consisting of the main wing box structure landed in Sherwood Crescent, destroying three homes and creating a large impact crater. The trial began on May 3, 2000. With so many first responders, including young soldiers, streaming in to assist with recovering the bodies and clearing the wreckage, there became an immediate need in Lockerbie for food. "[52] A deep-cover CIA agent was told by up to 15 high-level Syrian officials that the PFLP-GC was involved and that officials interacted with Jibril "on a constant basis". Some of the 196 bodies found so far did contain shrapnel, he said. Thursday 22 December 1988 was the first day of a changed Lockerbie. The airline was seeking $4.5billion for the loss of the aircraft and the effect on the airline's business. All 259 on board die, and 11 on ground. And ever since, they have tenderly called him Our Boy. Terrorism impacts all kinds of people, and its very personal and long lasting, said Kathryn Turman, the FBIs Victim Services Division assistant director. Kreindler argued that the fees were justified, since "Over the past seven years we have had a dedicated team working tirelessly on this and we deserve the contingency fee we have worked so hard for, and I think we have provided the relatives with value for money. PA103 was bookable as either a single FrankfurtNew York or a FrankfurtDetroit itinerary, though a scheduled change of aircraft took place in London's Heathrow Airport. In 2002 the suspects were handed over to the UN. Dad was cremated so we dont have a grave or marker to visit. Five years later, on December 21, 2020,US Attorney General William Barr announced criminal charges against former Libyan intelligence officer Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi in relation to the Lockerbie attack. The bodies of two of these students were never recovered. The protests were part of a massive wave of unprecedented uprisings across the Arab world in: Tunisia, Morocco, Bahrain and Egypt, where Egyptian protesters effectively forced the removal of long-term ruler, Hosni Mubarak, from office. The bomb, constructed with the odourless plastic explosive Semtex, was hidden in a cassette player that was stored in a suitcase. The first thing was to really try to understand what the families wanted and expected, she explained. In 2009 Megrahi, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, was released from prison in Scotland on compassionate grounds and allowed to return to Libya; the United States strongly disagreed with the Scottish governments decision. 2 commission seat . "There's just a sense of peace, a sense of conclusion to it. The fuselage continued moving forward and down until it reached 19,000ft (5,800m), when its dive became nearly vertical. A 2012 Libyan interrogation report claiming he admitted to making the Lockerbie bomb had made its way to US authorities, and in 2020, the FBI traveled to Tunisia to interview the former Libyan official who had taken Masuds statement. "Some families want cash, others say it is blood money", said a State Department official. The people of Lockerbie, said Alex Smith, a retired police officer from the town, were fantastic. In the face of their own tragedy, they rallied and gave every assistance they possibly could.. The flight was in route from Heathrow Airport London to New York City. Frank Granito of Speiser Krause noted that "the rewards in the US are more substantial than anywhere else in the world but nobody has questioned the fee whilst the work has been going on, it is only now as we approach a resolution when the criticism comes your way. Shortly after finishing his longtime run at the job, Mas'ud was arrested and imprisoned in Misurata, Libya before being moved to Al-Hadba prison in Tripoli, which happened shortly after the fall of Colonel el-Qaddafi in 2011. Taylor claimed that the PA 103 bomb could have been planted then.[72]. I think thats one of the things that I admire most about them.. Then as now, the goal is to hold everyone involved responsible for the crime and to bring justice to the families of the victims. "It took me 25 years to find out who the farmer was but I gathered that he suffered quite terribly as a result of what he experienced that night, and I didn't want to awaken any bad feelings, so I left it alone.". [83], On 15 October 2008, five Scottish judges decided unanimously to reject a submission by the Crown Office, which sought to limit the scope of Megrahi's second appeal to the specific grounds of appeal that were identified by the SCCRC in June 2007. Tap into Getty Images' global scale, data-driven insights, and network of more than 340,000 creators to create content exclusively for your brand. Targets specified are Pan Am Airlines and US military bases.' [67], On 11 December 2022, the United States advised they had Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi in custody. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. It was one of the most satisfying experiences of my career, Turman said.