A bombing suspect in the 1988 explosion aboard Pan Am Flight 103 has been taken into US custody. Here's what has happened in the decades since the deadly attack.

Dec 15 2022 by Business Insider

 
Some of the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 after it crashed onto the town of Lockerbie in Scotland, on 21st December 1988.

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A Libyan operative was taken into US custody this week, suspected of building the bomb that exploded aboard Pan Am Flight 103. In December 1988, the Pan Am flight was flying over Lockerbie, Scotland, when the bomb detonated. All 243 passengers and 16 crew on board were killed, as well as 11 people in Lockerbie who were struck by falling debris. On...
Continue Reading A bombing suspect in the 1988 explosion aboard Pan Am Flight 103 has been taken into US custody. Here's what has happened in the decades since the deadly attack.