Special Feature

THE LOCKERBIE CASE

The trail of the bomb which blew up Pan Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988, according to prosecutors: Malta, December 1988 and before: the two Libyan suspects manufacture the bomb in Malta. Trials are made in the grounds around Ghallies Tower. Luqa Airport, Malta, 9:15 a.m.: Air Malta Flight KM180 takes off for Frankfurt, Germany. Suitcase holding bomb planted inside cargo hold with stolen tags clearing it through to United States via Frankfurt and London. Frankfurt International Airport, afternoon: Suitcase transferred to Pan Am Flight 103A, departing for London. Heathrow Airport, London, 6:25 p.m.: Flight 103 takes off en route to New York and Detroit with 259 passengers and crew. Suitcase in aluminium cargo container AVE-4041 in forward hold, 25 inches from fuselage wall. 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland, 7:02:50 p.m.: Timer detonates bomb, blowing hole about size of dinner plate in belly of Boeing 747. Aircraft rips apart, plunges six miles to earth, killing everyone aboard and 11 people on ground.

See also:
• Malta's Involvement in the Lockerbie Case
  Pictures and Details on the sites implicated in the trial.

• A Timeline of death, grief and suffering
  A chronological outline of key events in the Lockerbie Case.

• News Items on The Lockerbie Trial
  From the archives of The MaltaMedia Daily Online News Service.

• What if...?
  Conspiracy theories on the Lockerbie Case.

• Key People in the Lockerbie Trial
  Profiles of the defendants, court officials, witnesses, the Maltese defense, etc.

• Malta-Libya: close friends caught in the storm
  Malta's relationship with Libya since the early 1970s.