TY - CHAP
T1 - The Lockerbie Bombing, December 21, 1988
AU - Galloway, Graeme
AU - Mallett, Xanthe
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - On Wednesday, December 21, 1988, at 6:25 p.m., Pan-Am Flight 103 "Maid of the Seas" took off from London Heathrow Airport en route from Frankfurt bound for J.F. Kennedy Airport in New York with a designated flight path over Scotland. At 7:02 p.m., the Boeing 747 was given oceanic clearance from Shanwick Ocean Control, but the transmissions were not acknowledged. Flight 103 disappeared from radar screens at this time, and no further radio communications were received. Multiple primary radar returns were then seen fanning out downwind for a considerable distance. At 7:03 p.m., while at 31,000 feet, the plane had exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie due to an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed in the cargo hold. All 259 persons onboard were killed, including 243 passengers and 16 crew, as were 11 residents of the town from falling debris onto a residential area. The victims represented 21 nationalities, the average age being 27 years.
AB - On Wednesday, December 21, 1988, at 6:25 p.m., Pan-Am Flight 103 "Maid of the Seas" took off from London Heathrow Airport en route from Frankfurt bound for J.F. Kennedy Airport in New York with a designated flight path over Scotland. At 7:02 p.m., the Boeing 747 was given oceanic clearance from Shanwick Ocean Control, but the transmissions were not acknowledged. Flight 103 disappeared from radar screens at this time, and no further radio communications were received. Multiple primary radar returns were then seen fanning out downwind for a considerable distance. At 7:03 p.m., while at 31,000 feet, the plane had exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie due to an improvised explosive device (IED) concealed in the cargo hold. All 259 persons onboard were killed, including 243 passengers and 16 crew, as were 11 residents of the town from falling debris onto a residential area. The victims represented 21 nationalities, the average age being 27 years.
KW - Biological (Physical) Anthropology
KW - Criminological Theories
KW - Forensic Biology
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/152144856
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781420094138
SN - 9781420094121
T3 - Global Perspectives on Disaster Victim Identification
SP - 89
EP - 107
BT - Disaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice
A2 - Black, Sue
A2 - Sunderland, Graham
A2 - Lucina Hackman, S
A2 - Mallett, Xanthe
PB - CRC Press
CY - Boca Raton, United States of America
ER -