Raw Footage of Lockerbie Bombing Aftermath - Margaret Thatcher Visits Pan Am 103 Crash Site (1988)

On 22 December 1988, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited the crash site of Pan Am Flight 103 in the Scottish town of Lockerbie. The transatlantic flight had been flying over Lockerbie on 21 December when a bomb on board the plane detonated, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew. The plane's falling wreckage caused catastrophic damage to a number of houses in the town below, killing 11 residents. The Prime Minister was escorted around the windswept hill where the remnants of the plane's cockpit had landed, before she gave a brief press conference at the edge of the site. The bombing of Pan Am 103 is, to this day, the deadliest terrorist attack in UK history.
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[@johnmac4261]

how obnoxious the press were that day

[@zm321]

To hear laughter from some of the press is a complete lack of respect.

[@InYourHeadChangedMan]

Shouting at one of the Police officers to get out of the way of the camera shot is a total lack of respect who do they think they are?

[@Gez-C]

Much like today

[@mrdeathgaming1457]

How ignorant you are in 2024. It was a product of it's time. You are the wokerati? Scared of your own shadow. Don't worry when you are 50 plus you will realise.

[@bmused55]

They care only for being the first with any sort of information. Then and now.

[@alisonwildman6485]

I’ve been to the memorial garden and the memorial in the cemetery, it’s very emotional, I’m thinking of going back on the anniversary

[@pamelabrumfield7679]

How did anyone come up with the title Raw Footage? Furthermore how could they walk around and laugh amongst themselves with all of the lives lost here? Ill never forget the breaking news of this horrible act. R.I.P flight 103.

[@bmused55]

"Raw Footage" is an industry standard for footage that has not been edited in any way. It is as shot, warts and all. It's been called that since the silent movies, likely even before that.

[@pamelabrumfield7679]

@@bmused55 thanks for the feedback!

[@soggybadrongle]

what was in the boot of the rover? that rear axle was getting tested to the limit

[@mikemahoneygaming5754]

Thatcher

[@CARLIN4737]

Pan Ams plans for the future?

[@jg6059]

This footage just shows the kind of people who work in the media .. laughing and joking .. horrible bastards ..

[@pauld5433]

vermin, just looking for their first scoop of a story

[@CARLIN4737]

Then and now.

[@graceschannel2247]

I find it very unsettling that given the situation,finding humour would be the furthest thing from most normal peoples minds and yet you can clearly hear these imbeciles having a chuckle on a number of occasions. There is no justification for this.

[@azjoe_6310]

It's crazy how raw emotions still stir by just watching this. I can't imagine the after effects of seeing this in person after it happened.

[@traceynorcross5666]

You’d be surprised how resilient people are when dealing with these situations it’s like you put on a imaginary mask which you can only take off when your out of that enviroment

[@Nick-xi9lm]

This was a terrible thing to happen. Then we have Thatcher & press turning up.

[@StephenLuke]

RIP To the passengers and crew of Pan Am Flight 103 and the 11 people on the ground

[@rc70ys]

Pompass Asses. Yuk

[@Ashley_x_Smith]

Has to be one of the most haunting images I've ever seen... Despite the debris being spread over many square miles they still found a tiny fragment of circuit board the size of a finger nail which was all the CIA needed to find the perpetrator. As the explosion occurred at 30 odd thousand ft its nothing short of a miracle and testament to the crime scene detective's, shame the same attention to detail wasnt observed after 9/11 rather than shipping out vital evidence.

[@dutchy1176]

Keep in mind that maybe the fragment was never on the plane to begin with. Libya was likely thecperfect scapegoat at the time...

[@pauld5433]

@@dutchy1176 haha you conspiracy theorists are something fucking else

[@dutchy1176]

@@pauld5433 don't be so surprised. Everything about Lockerbie is still sketchy. It's still unclear how the bomb suitcase even got onboard. The wreckage of the plane is still stored in a rural English scrapyard to this day. Why is that? The evidence part was reconstructed right after the event, yet the rest of the remains have still not been destroyed.

[@994206]

There was obviously a need to keep the traveller fraternity, from helping themselves to the scrap metal, a bit like after the hurricane back in 1987.

[@minimaxi802]

Captain James McQuarrie.

[@richcolour]

How come you're uploading these at 25FPS? Surely your raw footage is 50FPS.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

You sort of people are never happy .

[@richcolour8632]

​@@BlytheWorld1972not true, I remember being happy one afternoon in May last year

[@jg6059]

Who cares .. you horrible person

[@positivepessimist6853]

🙄🙄🙄

[@Chimp981]

Why do you even care,🤡🙄🥱

[@hartleyhare99]

What a terrible way to die.