Pan Am Flight 103

US transatlantic flight, bombed in 1988 over Scotland
Event aviation_accident Q211087
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Pan Am Flight 103

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 (33,875 views/month, #5 of 1,410).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pan Am Flight 103 is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's instance of is recorded as aviation accident[4].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's instance of is recorded as terrorist attack[5].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's instance of is recorded as airliner bombing[6].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's item operated is recorded as Boeing 747[7].
  • Pan Am Flight 103 is operated by Pan Am[8].
  • The location of Pan Am Flight 103 was Lockerbie[9].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's Commons category is recorded as Pan Am Flight 103[10].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's aircraft registration is recorded as N739PA[11].
  • Pan Am Flight 103 took place on December 21, 1988[12].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.11547766282541, 'lon': -3.358447428960646}[13].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pan Am Flight 103[14].
  • Pan Am Flight 103 resulted in {'amount': '+243'} deaths[15].
  • Pan Am Flight 103 resulted in {'amount': '+16'} deaths[16].
  • Pan Am Flight 103 resulted in {'amount': '+11'} deaths[17].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's depicted by is recorded as Lockerbie Disaster[18].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's start point is recorded as Frankfurt Airport[19].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's start point is recorded as London Heathrow Airport[20].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's start point is recorded as London[21].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's destination point is recorded as John F. Kennedy International Airport[22].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[23].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's vessel is recorded as Boeing 747[24].
  • Pan Am Flight 103's flight number is recorded as PA103[25].

Body

When and Where

Pan Am Flight 103 took place on December 21, 1988[12]. The location of it was Lockerbie[9]. It is in the country of United Kingdom[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include aviation accident[4], terrorist attack[5], and airliner bombing[6].

Outcome and Impact

Recorded number of deaths include {'amount': '+243'}[15], {'amount': '+16'}[16], and {'amount': '+11'}[17].

Why It Matters

Pan Am Flight 103 ranks in the top 0.35% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,875 views/month, #5 of 1,410).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Aliases
    Destination point John F. Kennedy International Airport
    Number of survivors {'amount': '+0'}
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