| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 21, 1988 |
| Time: | 1903 |
| Location: | Lockerbie, Scotland |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Flight #: | 103 |
| Route: | London - New York City |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-747-121A |
| Registration: | N739PA |
| cn / ln: | 19646/15 |
| Aboard: | 259 (passengers:243 crew:16) |
| Fatalities: | 259 (passengers:243 crew:16) |
| Ground: | 11 |
| Summary: | The airliner disappeared from radar shortly after leveling off at FL 310 while on a flight from Heathrow Airport, London, to New York. The aircraft broke up with two main sections of wreckage coming down in the town of Lockerbie. Detonation of an explosive device in the forward cargo area planted by terrorists. Musician Paul Jeffreys killed. The aircraft was named "Clipper Maid of the Seas." |
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