On 21 December 1988 , Botha , with a 22-strong South African delegation from Johannesburg , was initially booked to travel to the Namibian independence ratification ceremony in New York on Pan Am Flight 103 from London . Instead , the booking was cancelled as he and six delegates took an earlier flight , thereby avoiding the fatal PA103 bombing over Lockerbie , Scotland
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Pik Botha