Pan Am flight 103



New evidence prompts trial delay for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

  • Flight 103 was 31,000 feet (9.45 kilometers) over Lockerbie when a bomb in the plane’s forward cargo area exploded 38 minutes after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport
  • Prosecutors allege Al-Marimi and others carried out the bombing at the direction of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, who was ousted and killed during a 2011 civil war
By AP ·