Pan Am Flight 103
US transatlantic flight, bombed in 1988 over Scotland
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Summary
Pan Am Flight 103 is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of aviation accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66,034 views/month, #5 of 1,410).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3]
- Instance of: terrorist attack[4], airliner bombing[5]
- Item operated: Boeing 747[6]
- Operator: Pan Am[7]
- Location: Lockerbie[8]
- Commons category: Pan Am Flight 103[9]
- Aircraft registration: N739PA[10]
- Point in time: December 21, 1988[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pan Am Flight 103[12]
- Number of deaths: 243[13], 16[14], 11[15]
- Depicted by: Lockerbie Disaster[16]
- Start point: Frankfurt Airport[17], London Heathrow Airport[18], London[19]
- Destination point: John F. Kennedy International Airport[20]
- Number of survivors: 0[21]
- Vessel: Boeing 747[22]
- Flight number: PA103[23]
Why It Matters
Pan Am Flight 103 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]