On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people. What followed was the largest murder investigation in the history of Scottish policing, into the deadliest act of terrorism on British soil.
Scottish police hit on a promising new lead. With new evidence and forensic breakthroughs, investigators start to piece together an image of how the bomb could have slipped through airport security and entered the system. The Frankfurt luggage list combined with bomb-damaged clothing leads Scottish CID to a small, family-run clothes shop on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Could this have been the origin of the Lockerbie bomb?
On 21 December 1988, a bomb detonates on board Pan Am flight 103 above Lockerbie, Scotland. The attack kills 270 people and shocks the world. The Scottish police and FBI must join forces to find the perpetrators. The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is a six-part factual drama based on the real events surrounding the Lockerbie disaster and the international investigation to find those responsible for the attack and bring them to justice.
