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- On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York exploded 38 minutes after take-off.
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Donald MacCormick presents a Newsnight special on 22 December 1988, after a Pan Am plane crashes into the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
The 259 people on board were killed, along with 11 people on the ground.
At the time of broadcast, the cause of the crash was still unknown.
Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the bombing in 2001.
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I was supposed to be on this flight. Economy class, seat 27A.
I changed my reservation five days prior. I know I am fortunate, but it’s always weighed heavily on me.
God bless all the victims of PanAm103 and the 11 Lockerbie villagers who died.
How I miss such professional reporting. The difference between this and what we suffer through today is unbelievable.
When England was... well... English.
Agree - is it something in the water today? But yet see Bush flounder and Malcolm Rifkind being totally authoratative. Unfortunately... we don't have anyone of Rifkind's calibre here in the UK at the mo and Bush sounds like a towering intellectual compared to trump.
Ya, no political bias. Just the news ma'am
At 40 years on continued with a political lightweight presenter presenter Emily Maitless who once presented BBC London News, not keen on the new formate at all after the 2010 format was dropped, worst its ever been.
@@adrianaprosen2918 that famous English town of Lockerbie
Denice O'Neill, age 21, was on Pan Am Flight 103. She lived across the hall from me at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and used to come over and watch TV in the evenings with me and my roommates. She was a pre-med student and was returning to the U.S. after working for two and a half months at a hospital in Nigeria. She was in seat 38K.
May she rest in peace ❤
Sorry for the loss.😔
Hopefully she didn’t suffer. Sorry x
Hi- I'm so sorry for your loss.
I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
@@louise_runningHello, you can ask but I have no special knowledge about the bombing, so I don't know that I would be of much help.
No bells. No whistles. Straight forward reporting. Broadcasting halcyon days indeed.
My unit was dispatched to aid in the search for debris and bodies. Many still carry the trauma to this day.
I suffered very, very much for these innocent civilians, the victims. It was a very painful scene. The real perpetrator of this heinous crime must be held accountable. The state of Iran is the real perpetrator of this crime, and there is a lot of evidence for that.
I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way, especially on a mental level. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
@@louise_running Sure, no problem. Do you have an email address or Twitter etc?
As a former railway incident response officer i agree
@@Sam-mn4ed ?
Rest in peace, you won't be forgotten.
Amen 🕊️🕯️
Great respect 🕊️🕯️🥀
My god mother was on the flight and lost her life. I remembered my mother was frantically calling around screaming because she knew that my god mother was scheduled to fly back into the United States. Once her death was confirmed I never heard my mother scream in pain so loud like she did when officials confirmed her death. I was young and did not understand the magnitude of what had happened. I just knew that my mother was devastated and that I mourned her loss. Even in 2023 it’s still painful to think about the crash and loosing her let alone watching the video. I really admired her ambition, discipline and drive to succeed in life and wanted to follow her lead when I grew up. And that part alone never goes away. RIP and ongoing 🙏🏽’s to all that lost a loved one in the horrific act. 😪😪
Hi. I'm so sorry for your loss. I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
Rest in piece. Condolences to victims families and Lockerbie residents, 31 long and sad years have passed.
Especially the flannigans. Their house got crushed by the plane and 1 10 year old and 2 parents died. My mother used to date steven flannigan who overdosed in a hotel because of the traumatizing stress. It was so sad.
Yes and the people responsible are still out and some innocent convicted brilliant
@@beverleylumb8048 ......Totally agree. The politically motivated and utterly ridiculous conviction of 'lone bomber' Abdul Baset al Megrahi [and blaming of Libya] was as Professor Robert Black sadly stated, 'The worst miscarriage of Scottish Law in over 100 years'. An absolute disgrace.
@@miaipadkid8697 That's just awful. Poor family. I can understand how the trauma could send a person that deep into depression and hopelessness. RIP.
@@thesoultwins72 Your words are very, very correct and accurate. What happened is a very big global laughing stock for all the peoples of the world. They must admit the real perpetrator of the crime.
The two images of this disaster that will always remain in people's memories are the aerial view of the massive crater in Sherwood Crescent, and the vision of the cockpit and nose section of the aircraft that came down in the field at Tundergarth. I was only 7 at the time, but both of those images have been burned into my brain ever since, and led to a lifelong fascination with air crash investigations.
Same here..remember that night clear as day..i lived 14 miles away on the flightpath. They thought a fighter jet had crashed into the petrol station at first
I was 10 when this happened and it's stayed with me.
Totally agree. One of the other images that stayed with me, because of how shocking it was, was the body that was in the roof beams of one of the destroyed houses in sherwood crescent. That really brought it home about how devastating it was.
i wonder if the pilots fought to gain control of the nose cone while it descended, it was 5 miles away from the main debris field.
@Andro mache They found bodies, lots of them, body parts too. Were they planted with the pristine passports? I heard David Copperfield made the illusion that planes were involved but it was all a mind fuck. He was so good he made the buildings come down without being hit!! What's not to believe?
I finally visited this important site today after driving past it so many times. It brought deep tears to my heart in sorrow and sympathy of those who innocently lost their lives and those who mourn their losses!! Keep these memories going!!
My obsession with this case continues to this day. Why? I was 15 at the time, and that day I had broken my leg, informed of the crash as I had the cast set. Later I found out that a local man who I was familiar with was on the plane. I will never forget Lockerbie, and remain obsessed with the case as long as it’s still open.
Awful. Those Syracuse students were around my age. I’m so sorry for them. Heaven will take care of them and all who perished. I hope it was quick
I presume Prince Andrew didn't sweat whilst he was visiting Lockerbie
Hahaha ha ha !! No, but you must have been bloody sweaty lol !! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂💂💂💂🙃😉🙃😉
Except for what he said T the time which I agree was crass can we keep prince Andrew out of this?
😂
I remember this, I was 18 living in the UK at the time, horrific, devastating, and evil.
RIP to all the lives lost, both on the flight and on the ground in Lockerbie. You are not forgotten.
I'm so sorry for what you went through. I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
My dad was there before the emergency services because my great granny though she had left her gas on and blew lockerbie up
😢 Aww bless her
Blessings
God bless her I sob every time i see this and think of the people just prior to Christmas.
I do remember the town were wonderful
Aww, bless her heart. ♥️
Can i find you on tinder?
Rest in peace.
This was broadcast on December 22nd, 1988, the night after the disaster.
Respect and memory for the victims of a terrorist attack 🕯️
@Viola Player what's thT got. To do with the children on the jet? Two wrongs don't makke a right.
Nobody deserved this...whether adults or children. If the fate of the passengers and crew on the Iranian jet really was the reason for Pan Am 103 being targeted, then all the perpetrators have done is recreate what happened to those passengers and crew on the Iranian jet - and thus further injured the memories of those on the Iranian jet. And that, I’m afraid, is just plain vile.
@@onlybasketballs the 270 innocent people didn't deserve this. Two wrongs don't make a right
I was only three years old at the time this happened and didn't really understand it all. Now I do and I'm bloody fuming! These poor people were murdered by terrorists as well as governments, simply because it looks like they couldn't be bothered to warn anyone about the threat 🤬 bloody disgusting
i remember the day it happened, it was just dreadful news. What remarkable people the Lockerbie residents were to recover from such a trauma.
My granny lived in that town, but she and her family moved to the north of Scotland...
I suffered very, very much for these innocent civilians, the victims. It was a very painful scene. The real perpetrator of this heinous crime must be held accountable. The state of Iran is the real perpetrator of this crime, and there is a lot of evidence for that.
I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
Such a horrific tragedy. I remember this as a kid and it really affected me at the time. This, multiple hijacking’s and other air disasters of the time really seemed to effect air travel negatively; permanently. People have never thought of it the same again. It used to be special and fun, then was scary for a while and then seemed to level off as general dissatisfaction which escalated after 9/11 since the late 70’s and early 80’s.
I suffered very, very much for these innocent civilians, the victims. It was a very painful scene. The real perpetrator of this heinous crime must be held accountable. The state of Iran is the real perpetrator of this crime, and there is a lot of evidence for that.
I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
18:13 "Pan Am could guarantee that every piece of luggage was matched to a passenger." Sadly, this was not true. Pan Am let checked luggage remain in the cargo hold without a matching passenger from London to NY.
They cut corners because they were in financial trouble.
Always found it very surprising how the front windows of that 747 have survived the explosion and the falling down from the sky.
the debris of the plane is still in Windleys Salvage in Tattershall, England
Tattershall.....tatters all...oh the irony
@@2degucitas someone needs to get a drone up there and check it out
@@AlonsoRules There are aerial pictures of the wreckage. My guess would be that they’re holding on to it if new evidence comes to light. Not sure about though because it’s been over 30 years since the incident. But we will never forget Pan Am 103.
I believe what’s left of the cockpit is stored elsewhere though.
Pan Am 103 debris ought to be sent back to the USA, alongside their Nuclear Polaris and Trident missile systems - pronto
I was 10 years old when this happened and it's etched in my memory.
I suffered very, very much for these innocent civilians, the victims. It was a very painful scene. The real perpetrator of this heinous crime must be held accountable. The state of Iran is the real perpetrator of this crime, and there is a lot of evidence for that.
I flew on that Flight to come home for my Brother's Funeral in 1982 .... On the same Aircraft! .....
You flew on that Plane,not that Flight.
Sorry James My Mistake,You were Saying,Was it a good Flight?😁
The Flight Designation Was Pan Am 103. And was when it was blown out of the air! @@trentmiller8139
@@trentmiller8139 Well no the flight number is the same week in week out. Please refrain from comment if you have nothing of note to say. Regards Mart.
@@martf8014 No thankyou!
RIP
To the passengers and crew of Pan Am Flight 103 and the 11 people on the ground
the fact that they knew SO much at such early time is impressive! they have not even done the black boxes yet. interesting watch knowing what we know now,
makes it all more interesting, this case was NEVER totally solved, and 90 percent of all the suspects are now dead.
But they named new suspects just a few months ago. Even though they may be dead, they can still charged and convicted in absentia.
I suffered very, very much for these innocent civilians, the victims. It was a very painful scene. The real perpetrator of this heinous crime must be held accountable. The state of Iran is the real perpetrator of this crime, and there is a lot of evidence for that.
In an interview with the former South African foreign minister, Mr Pik Botha, he explained how he and his colleagues were supposed to be travelling on the this flight. They were on their way to New York for a meeting with the Cuban and Russian delegations regarding a ceasefire in the Angolan bush war. Their connecting flight from Munich to London was delayed and they did not board the flight.
There is a connection between Libya and the African National Congress. The Libyans supported the ANC during the armed struggle. Pik Botha didnt say it out loud but he left no doubt who the target was and who the South African government thought was responsible for this bombing. It wasnt the Libyans but they did take the blame to cover for the ANC.
Did that bloke just say "I turned to run but there was nowhere to run to" 🤔?
Poor innocent victims, may they all rest in peace.
Mates dad was in a bar and his car was in a petrol station. That car died.
This was one of the things that killed Pan Am
I was six but remember the incident well from the news. The image of the nose cone and cockpit have stuck with me and the name Lockerbie will always remind me of this. Rest in peace all those victims.
At 0:54, can you imagine that road being open the day after such a huge incident that had occurred right next to the carriageway today? They'd close it for a car crash these days (and rightly so), nevermind something as disastrous as this.
I suffered very, very much for these innocent civilians, the victims. It was a very painful scene. The real perpetrator of this heinous crime must be held accountable. The state of Iran is the real perpetrator of this crime, and there is a lot of evidence for that.
We know so much more about crime scenes now. The investigation was very effective given what we didn’t yet know. Amazing.
You’re right, it’s so mad seeing the other lane of that motorway open the next day! I realise it was the main road between England and Scotland on the west coast, but still - bloody hell. I’m surprised drivers weren’t so busy lollygagging at the crash scene that they crashed themselves!
What exactly made that big gouge in the land because there isn't any wreckage in it
fueselage & wings ( fuel disintergrated them )
This horrifying. Scarred by it to this day.
I arrived on that exact same day, 30 years ago on a flight from Chicago to Manchester. For a holiday in England.
i had just turned 11 that day.although panam had since been replaced on the australia runs by united a few years earlier it had us kids worried about flying a us carrier for our first trip to america three weeks later.luckily we were on continental.
someone actually said, it couldve been worse??! wtf
It could have been
A Nuclear warhead from Eastern Europe - 1988 to 2023 ?
Oh no not prince nonce ! And thatcher turning up as well.good lord. Those poor people
This is likely the single thing that pushed pan am over the edge
It was.
Mail in their already closed coffin.
One of GZa's lines from his Liquid Swords album brought me here.
Always interesting to see how the news what out at the time.
Gone so quick...seems like yesterday..
I remember those titles + theme, was one of my favourites at the time, unable to recall this news story all those years on in Newsnight thou.
My parents refused to fly until this was over because they said there would be a payback for the Americans shooting down a plane flying from Iran to Mecca They were in the military during WWii
I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
Prince Andrew is one smart fellow.
He’s always been an insufferable arsehole.
He doesn’t look so smart now!!
Pure heartbreak.
Is it true that the man that was convicted of this tragedy who died recently and protested his innocence, someone else has admitted it
The scum who did it is in HELL now.
Julie people knew who did it from the first.All got caught up in world politics and the need to get Syria on board for desert storm
@@ChristopherSaindon, if you're referring to Al Megrahi, I actually don't think he's responsible.
@@clairefrier2353 Ask any liberal and they'll say Trump did it.
No. His family appealed and it was ruled that he was rightly convicted. It usually takes more than 1 person to pan, make and plant a bomb. It sounds like the actual bomb maker was simply not found at the time. www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/lockerbie-bombing-who-is-suspected-bomb-maker-abu-agila-mohammad-masud-1.1130517
What a tragedy :(
Be called a false flag these days, thats how sick society is.
and their excuse for NOT alerting the public was because they didnt know for sure if it was a real threat or not and we dont want to cause "unnecessary" panic. i think thats why they call it a threat. i wish i could ask them if they really wanted to risk the lives of so many people simply to avoid a little mass hysteria?? i mean, so what, you dont make money because people are too afraid to fly. youre not making ANY money off of them now that theyre all dead. and now, instead of a little mass panic, youve got a lot of mass panic and a lot of loss revenue. to think, our lives arent even worth a little bit of hysteria to our elected officials. no matter whether is real or not, you should always warn your people. this is what we elected you for. to keep us safe and you cant even do it. we certainly wouldve warned the people had it been today that this threat was called in. God rest all the souls who died the day we failed to alert them of the threat.
I think alerting people would have cost the airlines, airports, petrol and tourism companies a fortune, so why risk it?!
That's just her point. Life is far more precious than money every day of the week.
It sounds awful but they will have got bomb threats all the time and cannot keep closing down all flights
Governments, authorities and huge companies don’t care about people. They care about themselves and money.
JUST LIKE G DUBYA DID WITH 9-11: daddy and son both TOLD, daddy and son thought it a dumb joke.
This is Horrific!
Rest In Peace
The luggage was check in, but not matched to passengers upon boarding.
Well, what foes that mean ??? To whom did they belong too then ????
@@donsarde hi the bomb was hidden inside a Toshiba bombbeat radio cassette player then packed inside a suitcase covered by different items of clothing - it was thought to have come in on an interconnecting flight - can’t remember where - it was then loaded onto pan am flight 103. The bags were not matched to passengers and security was v lax - nowadays a passenger cannot just load their luggage and not board their flight !
@@samantharossiter8808from Luqa, Malta.
The jarring juxtaposition of this tragedy ground like a fault plate up against the preparations of the joyous season. The memory is still fresh though many years back in the rearview mirror.
Huh??
Was it behind schedule when it got to Lockerbie? I can't find the answer to this basic question.
The plane left Heathrow half an hour late but madde up some time. It was blown up just short of reaching international airspace. I feel great sadness for those killed in Lockerbie, it wasn't our fight. I had hoped that now Thatcher and Bush41 are dead the truth could be acknowledged. Iran paid a Palestinian terrorist group in Germany to do it, simple.
26:26
It killed the son of the man who played Larry Tate on Bewitched.
Czech Semtex. One of our invention im not proud of..
It's not your fault. Sure Czech people were as horrified as the rest of us.
I don't blame the ordinary Czech people and I'm sur most people dont
I had many of my friends ( Panam crew) on the flight RIP
I'm so sorry for your loss. I stumbled across your comment while researching the Lockerbie bombing. I'm a French student and I'm doing a project on it in school. I have some questions about it, as I'm trying to represent it in the most accurate way. Could I ask you them? It would mean a lot. If not, God bless.
Prince Andrews has studied statistics, or what?
Certainly hasn't studied tact or compassion.
Cause and effect - Warning made to Helsinki U.S. Embassy in early December 1988 ?
I was supposed to be on board I changed my flight days before flew home early the voice inside my head said fly home early so I did Bco 5/8 Mainz Germany a lot of military family members died that day so when the terrorist that was responsible was released because he was dying of cancer to be greeted with a hero’s welcome really pissed me off
How can you have fragments of large pieces everywhere
Explosive decompression after the detonation of the bomb tore the Aircraft apart. If you look up explosive decompression on Aircraft at 31,000ft after Detonation of an explosion it goes in to detail about it and there’s a video aswel. I could explain it in detail to you but I feel looking it up will help you understand alot better. I’m an Independent Air Crash Investigator hence the reason I know so much.
13 years later another quadruple Lockerbie happened in New York which is 9/11
America at work. Threatening and scaring their own people whilst blaming others.
@@iheartheenim okay, loser
I remember this day. My dad passed the crater in his truck. And yet we have modern day students, around the world, supporting terrorism in Hamas. They have no idea, but are supposedly educated.
I was in Doncaster, at the time, as Christmas being celebrated. Horrendous and heinous act of revenge from previous attack in the Persian Gulf. Regular traveller in the previous years on flights to Dhahran in Saudi Arabia (1981 -84 ). Terminal 5 at Heathrow for the 6 hour flight to Dhahran and Al - Khobar.
A bit off-place, but in my opinion the word "Lockerbie" itself sounds like the name of a fast military plane.
It depends how you say it.
It's a very soft, gentle word in the local dialect and it's so sad that it's tainted with this horrible association.
The people in this video are all English and aren't saying it right, with too much emphasis on on the "lock" bit.
It's said like:
loh-Kerr-bee
You don't say the emphasis on the c like you do in lock, but say the K like how it's pronounced at the start of "kite"
@@Jazzinthedark84 I just remembered how Michael Gordon, a resident of Lockerbie and helper with search, says it in the Air Crash Investigation show.
Now I see.
And your point is? The name is derived from Old Norse, and means Lockard's Town, so it predates the existence of military jets by about 1,000 years.
Funny how the ENTIRE plane that "crashed" in Pennsylvania entirely vapourised on 911 whereas this plane clearly fell to earth. So sad.
Pan Am 103 was blown up in the sky causing a very large debris field. United 93 was direct impact into the ground at a huge speed.
and vaporized in impact like no other plane crash ever did on impact ?@@discogareth
@@brianlopez8855 it didn’t entirely vaporize. There were remains of both aircraft and victims. You need to not get your info from conspiracy sites buddy. Because 22 years later, you’re still believing nonsense.
Look at pictures of the aftermath of Ethiopian Airways Flight 302, which crashed at an estimated speed of just under 700MPH. Very little of that plane survived, mostly just fragments. Also noteworthy is the 737 Max crashed at a far more shallow angle than United 93
Fun fact a body from some plane crash landed in my papas shed
Oh yea it’s a fun fact 😩
You notice no one actually mentioned that it could be gaddafi
Wow! Real heartfelt Sec of State, Schultz. He reads off a paper, “We…grieve…for…all…those…who…lost…their…lives.” Gee! He could not say that without a written prompt??? Pathetic!
He was a good man, probably exhausted and thrown a required script 2 seconds before he read it. So many politicians are mandated to read what’s provided, especially in international events, just to be completely careful.
Crazy to think that George Schultz only recently died, after making the terrible error in believing Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Crazy. Even worse is to imagine that dipshit Joe Biden was actually elected President of the United States of America. He was long known as being the dumbest idiot ever to enter politics. 🤦🏼♀️
Did they ever find out what happened to those motorists on the A74? I think about those burned-out cars whenever I travel that road and pass by Sherwood Crescent, even now.
I believe the eleven people who died on the ground were all in the houses in Sherwood Crescent. Amazingly, the motorists all seem to have survived.
I always wondered about that. I presume nobody died on the A74, thankfully. We certainly didn’t hear about any deaths there.
The driver of the red vauxhall cavalier survived and was featured in a documentary about people's fear of flying.
Apparently he has a genuine fear of planes crashing into him. He doesn't trust the sky.
Sad case I was 6 I remember it well.
This event happened 1 year and 36 weeks after the high profile execution with daily precision.
Execution of who?
@@thejoelcameronbrown I don't know her name, she was executed at night on April 13 1987. She was pregnant, and she was hanged over a pit of fire, the video recording was made using a ground pad for the camera. She shouted this: "God will beat you for doing this" as the flame grew to 2 m length. The substance was probably jetfuel. She was probably named Christine.
@@jozsiolah1435 what
I’m sorry, this comment doesn’t make sense.
@@aviatrix91 Everything is on the track, so you don't need to take further actions. If you are interested in the live burning video, you have to contact the White House.
Maggie talking about broken windows, trashed gardens and burnt out cars. That’s just like Sunak, totally detached from reality
What about Andrew Saying "Statistically, something like this is going to happen"
Really - because people really want to hear about statistics after such a terrible atrocity happening!!!!!!.
Just shows how detached from reality this Stupid Entitled Self absorbed prick Prince Nobody really is!!!!!!.
WhT should she have said?
@@margaretbanks8969 perhaps show some emotion; and talk about what really matters such as loss of life, community, express support and reassure people that providing all and any aid that is needed and that finding out who or what caused it would be of equal importance !
Her remarks came across (to me at least) as ‘it’s terribly untidy and altogether unbecoming’
She’s talking about objects not people.
6:00 Prince Andrew is worse than Walter White!
A humble question, where was the plane going? To Germany? I don't think I follow the route quite well.
Frankfurt to New York via London
Pan Am and TWA I believe also did this. They used a 727 on the Frankfurt to London leg of the route, then in London passengers would change to a 747. In this case Pan Am 103 was heading to Detroit via New York
Omg that is cringe material coming from prince andrew, what a fanny
Woooo first! Saw the feature article on BBC News, great read! (It was Assad!)
& no one paid?
I was on that flight ✈️💥🤕
PanAm went bankrupt after this.
Prince Andrew, we knew it would happen but thank fuck it was in Scotland
Libya was not responsible. It was the unholy triangle of Syrians, Palestinians, and Iranians. Those were the suspected culprits until Saddam invaded Kuwait. The Americans switched their accusations to Libya once they realized they needed the support of that unholy triangle for Operation Desert Storm: They wanted Iranian neutrality; they wanted Syria to participate in Desert Storm; and they wanted both Syria and the Palestinians to take part in an international peace conference in 1992 with the Israelis in order to sideline Saddam's proposal during the occupation of Kuwait that he would willingly withdraw from Kuwait only if Israel withdrew from the West Bank and Gaza. Even the Israeli Mossad said Libya was not responsible. Even the families of the British victims said they were convinced Libya was not behind the bombing. And it was particularly disgusting that families of the American victims were so greedy for Libya's huge compensation which was coerced out of Libya by the imposition of UN sanctions: They said they did not care if Libya was not guilty because they wanted the money, and that the Syrians and Palestinians were not wealthy enough to compensate them. It speaks volumes for what the Americans are like: Liars, manipulators, self-serving, and greedy two-faced hypocrites.
GFY
KEEP IT BRO
Crassly insensitive words from Prince Andrew about such an horrific event.
Typical Prince Andrew, innit? The man’s a fucking idiot, and that’s the nicest thing I have to say about him.
Reason why real culprits were not discovered and apprehended that this crash was clearly a retaliation of Iran air 655 which was deliberately shot down 6 months ago and Iran avanged its people's death.
Politics overcome personal grief always.
The man responsible for this was released after having served just 8 and a half years.
@Ry G his name was Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, there's an entire Wikipedia page dedicated just to his release. He went back to Lybia where he was celebrated as a hero.
@Ry G lmao u for real??
This is true, he had cancer so was released early on compassionate release! How crazy is that??? He died 3yrs later.
@@PAXperMortem There was no proof against him. He was framed. Even Scottish judges concluded that injustice was done to him.
@@skymaster4743 Scottish court of appeal ruled that he was properly convicted
It was an appalling tragedy that 270 people lost their lives at the hands of vile terrorists. The doomed airline went out of buisness a few years later.
Prince Andrew's "concern" and Thatcher's "sorrow." 🙄
What would your reaction have looked like?
This tragedy is, and always was, a revenger attack for the downing of the Iranian aircraft with the loss of over 300 innocent civilians, by the USS Cruiser, Whose entire crew were decorated.
Robert Wilcock ......Whilst you are perfectly correct about Lockerbie being in revenge for the downing of an Iranian aircraft - most of your post is totally inaccurate. Here are the actual facts:
'On 3 July 1988, Iran Air flight 655 and all 290 passengers and crew onboard was blown out of the sky by two surface-to-air missiles launched at it by US cruiser, USS Vincennes. The crew of the US$3 billion Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser [equipped with the state-of-the-art 'Aegis Combat System' - which was and still is one the most advanced integrated naval weapons systems ever developed] inexplicably mistook an A300 Airbus for a F-14 jet fighter. [this is akin to confusing a small dog with a horse!]
To make matters worse, US President Ronald Reagan openly praised and awarded 'Medals of Honour' to both the Captain of the USS Vincennes [William C. Rogers III] as well as the senior weaponry officer. As a result, the justifiably incensed Iranians ‘contracted’ the Syrian-Palestinian backed and Ahmed Jibril-led PFLP-GC [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command] to carry out revenge attacks on 5 American airplanes.
A payment of US$10 million was agreed with Jibril for the attacks. [This action was code-named ‘Operation Intekam’ - which means ‘equal and just revenge’ in English]. The targets were to be on major American commercial airline operators with flights originating in Europe and to various destinations in the U.S. The Iranian's motivation was pure revenge and to fulfill the promise that the skies would "rain blood."
So two wrongs make it right then do they ? Rubbish
Can you explain to mme how the children on the. Flight and on the ground were to blame for the downing of the earlier.aircraft? Or the Syracuse students? Or the people killed in their own homeex in lockerbie?
I agree that that was tragic too but how did blowing up the lockerbie flight help anyone on Iranian jet. Two wrongs. Don't make aright. N EYE FOR AN EYE LEAVES THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND
I bet Prince Andrew went there to see if he could find any orphaned children.
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@9:30 I just realized this guy actually has a Scottish accent but it is just so posh it sounds English. I am Scottish myself and thought he was English.
Oh-So THAT'S WHY G DUBYAH DID NOTHING WHEN HE WAS NOTIFIED OF TERRORIST THREAT ON 9-10/01.🤯😡🤦♀️
No no no
I had a dream about this just last night
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