Here, at a glance, are developments today involving the crash of Pan American World Airways Flight 103 Wednesday night in Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed all 259 people aboard and more than 20 people on the ground:
A Pan American Boeing 747 aircraft crashed on 21 December 1988. The dead were 258 people on board the aircraft and 20 people on the ground at Lockerbie, Scotland. The plane had taken off from Heathrow Airport, London. The FAA and Boeing officials did not believe that aircraft failure was the cause One view was that the aircraft suffered an explosion because of the scattering of wreckage. One official believed that sabotage was the most likely cause, one reason being the sudden loss of contact with the plane. Airline officials had previously received warnings and threats. Several terrorist groups claimed responsibility.