Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Pan Am 103 disaster. The Pan Am Boeing 747-121, N739PA, Clipper Maid of the Seas, operating as flight 103 from London's Heathrow airport to New York John F Kennedy airport was destroyed by a small bomb which tore it's nose section off at approximately 19:03 local time over Lockerbie, Scotland. The crash killed all 259 people aboard and 11 others on the ground. Among those killed were 35 students from Syracuse University and 2 students from SUNY Oswego. A memorial to those 35 SU students was subsequently built in front of the Hall of Languages at SU. for more info see the following links:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881221-0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7777553.stm
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I flew on the Clipper Maid of the Seas a day earlier from Seattle to London leg of the journey and was just arriving home in Ireland when I heard of the disaster. Pan Am was a truly great Airline.
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