Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a terrorist bomb on December 21, 1988. The Boeing 747, named Clipper Maid of the Seas, was en-route from London Heathrow to New York JFK when it exploded over the small town of Lockerbie, Scotland. All 259 passengers on board and 11 people on the ground were killed. Thirty-five of the victims were students studying abroad through Syracuse University.
In response to an unsubstantiated threat received by its embassy in Helsinki, Finland, on December 5, 1988 the United States Government notifies airlines, airports and embassies in Europe of a possible bomb attack against a Pan American World Airways flight leaving Frankfurt, Germany.
Pan American World Airways Flight 103 traveling from London Heathrow to New York-JFK explodes 31,000 feet above Lockerbie, Scotland.
British investigators report that crash debris indicates a bomb in the forward luggage compartment caused the explosion of Pan American Flight 103.
The circumstances surrounding the Helsinki Warning (see 5 Dec 1988) are released to the public.
The Department of Transport's Air Accidents Investigation Branch announces that a bomb placed in the forward cargo hold of Clipper Maid of the Seas caused the midair destruction of Pan Am Flight 103.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joins 700 mourners at a memorial service for the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 (known internationally as the Lockerbie Air Disaster), held at Dryfesdale Church in Lockerbie.
An interfaith memorial service held at Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome is attended by approximately 15,000 people.
Syracuse University ROTC holds a memorial service to honor Timothy Michael Cardwell.
A memorial service is held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City to honor the 270 people killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
A symbolic burial is held in Lockerbie for the 17 Pan Am Flight 103 victims whose bodies were never found or identified.
