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octoberlib

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Mon Dec 3, 2018, 02:10 PM Dec 2018

Mangled remains of Lockerbie plane lie forgotten in a Lincolnshire scrapyard: 30 yrs later [View all]

Chilling images of the wrecked plane which blew apart over Lockerbie 30 years ago have emerged as the mangled metal still lays in a Lincolnshire scrapyard.

When a terrorist's explosive went off on December 21, 1988, 259 passengers and crew were killed as they flew in the Boeing 747 which was travelling from Frankfurt to Detroit, via New York and London.

Eleven residents of the small town were also killed by falling debris in the tragedy - which was caused by a bomb smuggled on board the plane in a suitcase and remains Britain's worst ever terror attack.

Many of the victims were American college students flying home for Christmas, including 35 Syracuse University students participating in a study abroad program.




I can remember being glued to the tv. The note to the little girl in the red dress. RIP

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