ABC News Clip: Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie (December 21, 1988)

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@Nigelsmom2136 10 ай бұрын

I'll never forget the scene at JFK of a mother who had learned her child's flight had gone down with no survivors. She collapsed to the floor screaming "My baby!" over and over. It still haunts me all these years later.

@carljan57 10 ай бұрын

Yes. I remember that scene too. I was staying at ymca in new york & remember the breaking news on the television. A horrible evening.

@SilasGTBronte 10 ай бұрын

According to an interview that I read, Mrs. Jeannine Boulanger, mother of Nicole Boulanger who was on that plane, doesn't remember that moment.

@MZTHICK76 5 ай бұрын

😢😢😢😢

@rufuspipemos Жыл бұрын

It's interesting who had tickets for this flight and would have perished if not for random last minute changes.... Mats Wilander, who was one of the 3 best men's tennis players at the time, changed his ticket the day before. Kim Cattrell (Sex In The City) missed the flight due to a late night of shopping. Johnny Rotten also was delayed and missed the flight. The entire band The Four Tops changed their flight at the last minute. Wild!!!

@jefflancaster6587 Жыл бұрын

Wicked good facts bud.

@mikemiller659 Жыл бұрын

Actor David White aka Larry Tate on Bewitched TV show lost his son Jonathan White 33 in this crash.

@tuowl0564 5 ай бұрын

I was 6 years old at the time but since it was right before Christmas I'll never forget this awful tragedy. Adding to the somber nature of the event is the fact that I had an older cousin who went to Syracuse University, an institution that was profoundly affected. She didn't want to talk about the crash during the family gathering Christmas night or think about returning to campus after Christmas Break. Very surreal memory nearly 36 years later....

@ShyGuy83 8 ай бұрын

I read a rumor online that the late Christine Cavanaugh was supposed to be on the flight, but missed it because she was at a gas station talking extensively to a friend of hers on a pay phone. I don’t know if that story is true or not, but the fact that she’s been gone for almost ten years, and that Pan AM has been gone for more than three decades make it extra hard to know what really transpired.

@jocelynharris-fx8ho 6 ай бұрын

Sure miss Peter Jennings 😢!!! When network news still had credibility.

@Luisgtm95 Жыл бұрын

Some say this attack contributed to Pan Am's demise as many people blamed Pan Am for this tragedy and thus reduced the earnings for the airline as a number travelers, and potential investors who could have helped restructure and rescue from bankruptcy avoided it. Wonder if this had not happened, or some other airline had the misfortune Pan Am would have survived for longer or still be around. So sad it was nearly before Christmas, I saw in the news that the guy who made the bomb was finnally under US custody.

@derenevin6900 Жыл бұрын

It was already on a downward spiral, but it was the nail in the coffin for pan am

@ellemjay 10 ай бұрын

I think they failed to implement procedures that didn't let luggage on the plane without it being linked to a passenger. Airlines had started doing this after the Air India bomb, but not consistently

@dagmardankert1512 9 ай бұрын

Go into custody

@velocityjet1884 Жыл бұрын

Quite a few celebrities missed that flight including the sex and the city actress Kim Catrell, Sex Pistols as well as gov officials from other nations

@Budesolar_1 11 ай бұрын

Pan Am, the celebrities and government officials were forewarned that that plane had been targeted. Pan Am discounted that flight so as not to have an empty plane. That's why there were many foreign exchange students on board. They thought they were getting a great deal. I lost a close relative. Major settlements were reached by the families because of government and corporate complacency. Part of the settlements was that the families cannot disclose the heartless gory details of all involved in this slaughter.

@ShyGuy83 8 ай бұрын

I also read a rumor that Christine Cavanaugh was supposed to be on there too, but missed it because she was at a gas station talking to a friend of hers extensively on a pay phone.

@davidstrohl 10 ай бұрын

35 years ago today.

@MLXaviation Жыл бұрын

The bombing of PA-103 was a tragic loss for Pan Am, those 270 lives didn't deserve to die on this way!, Rest In Peace everyone onboard flight 103

@GabealtAccount2006 Жыл бұрын

This was the final hit to pan American world airways survival 😔😔😔

@alastairjhunter3666 10 ай бұрын

There wasn’t a petrol station there🙄 It was a residential street. I drove past there almost every day. I drove past at 6am the next morning going south. The Armco in the central reservation was crushed by 103. There was debris everywhere, the road surface was marked by 103. Where a white painted bungalow had been was a massive hole starting immediately at the side of the road. A shocking sight although the fires had been put out by then.

@maryhlad5277 Жыл бұрын

I was 18 years old when this horrific crash happened.

@maxmulsanne7054 7 ай бұрын

I was 24 stationed in Bamberg, (then W. Germany). We had a guy who flew home (back in the states) for Xmas around the same time this happened. We didn't know he was on that aircraft or not. Thank God he came back okay. I nearly cried when I first saw him. He was a good dude and nobody wanted to see him hurt.

@jamessimms415 11 ай бұрын

It was an hour late leaving London, otherwise wreckage would have been @ the bottom of the Atlantic

@moreedcola6837 Жыл бұрын

This was the finishing blow to Pan Am, had the bomb failed they might still have been flying, or the end would’ve been sometime between 1995 and 2001.

@hidenoriyamazawa9309 Ай бұрын

恐らく高コスト構造を改善できずに9/11前後の辺りで経営破綻または他社に吸収合併されてた。

@Graciedog Жыл бұрын

So sad.. I was just watching a documentary about this flight. The actor that played Larry Tate on bewitched lost his son on this flight.. I believe. Just ridiculous and no reason for this!!

@DIDCOTTWIST 10 ай бұрын

This happened on my 13th birthday

@ellemjay 10 ай бұрын

The plane was supposed to blow up over water, but it was delayed taking off.

@stratman2348 11 ай бұрын

I was 12 when this happened.

@christosdelos3318 10 ай бұрын

Same here...1976.

@visionist7 Жыл бұрын

I was nearly 3 months old

@BangkokBoy101 3 ай бұрын

36 years later and they're still no closer to a cure for cancer.

@travisclark-smith3952 Жыл бұрын

The worst part of this is that the passenger cabin stayed pretty much intact so passengers were conscious as they fell to their deaths.

@thefrase7884 Жыл бұрын

Nah…..violent decompression like that more than likely killed them instantly. Just because the cabin was intact doesn’t mean they were still alive as it was falling.

@royfontaine5526 Жыл бұрын

@@thefrase7884 it’s well known that many almost certainly were conscious.

@ellemjay 10 ай бұрын

They may have become unconscious quickly due to decompression/lack of oxygen, but regained consciousness as they got closer to the ground. Just awful.

@SilasGTBronte 10 ай бұрын

There were signs of some people being conscious for a bit, including a person clutching a crucifix and a woman grabbing tightly her baby.

@allknowingoracle3277 5 ай бұрын

If they were conscious they were probably in a state of severe shock and confusion. They’d probably be thinking they were dreaming. You definitely wouldn’t be thinking rationally.