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Title: | The Lockerbie Bombing, December 21, 1988 | Contributor(s): | Galloway, Graeme (author); Mallett, Xanthe (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9955 | Abstract: | 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. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Disaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice, p. 89-107 | Publisher: | CRC Press | Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, United States of America | ISBN: | 9781420094138 9781420094121 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160102 Biological (Physical) Anthropology 069901 Forensic Biology 160204 Criminological Theories |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/152144856 | Series Name: | Global Perspectives on Disaster Victim Identification | Editor: | Editor(s): Sue Black, Graham Sunderland, S Lucina Hackman, Xanthe Mallett |
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Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Psychology |
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