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Final Boarding Call · August 26 · 57 min

Pan Am Flight 103 Part 1

On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was seven minutes into level cruise over southern Scotland when the cockpit voice recorder captured a single loud sound and stopped. What happened over the next three seconds is one of the most precisely reconstructed events in aviation history — and almost none of it came from the black boxes. Join Alice and Zach for the story of the people aboard Clipper Maid of the Seas, the thirty-eight minutes of a completely ordinary flight, and the night a small Scottish town became the largest crime scene in the world. Part one of two. Sources: Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Report on the accident to Boeing 747-121, N739PA at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 21 December 1988 — Air Accidents Investigation Branch, UK Department of Transport Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 — victim registry and memorial records Remembering Pan Am 103 — Syracuse University The Crew of Pan Am Flight 103 — Confessions of a Trolley Dolly Mayday: Air Disasters, Season 7, Episode 2 — "Lockerbie" Find FINAL BOARDING CALL online: Website: finalboardingcallpodcast.com Email: finalboardingcallpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @FinalBoardingCallPod Facebook: Final Boarding Call Credits: Final Boarding Call is hosted by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas, researched and written by Alice Stern, produced and edited by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas.

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On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was seven minutes into level cruise over southern Scotland when the cockpit voice recorder captured a single loud sound and stopped. What happened over the next three seconds is one of the most precisely reconstructed events in aviation history — and almost none of it came from the black boxes. Join Alice and Zach for the story of the people aboard Clipper Maid of the Seas, the thirty-eight minutes of a completely ordinary flight, and the night a small Scottish town became the largest crime scene in the world. Part one of two.

Sources:

  • Aircraft Accident Report 2/90: Report on the accident to Boeing 747-121, N739PA at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 21 December 1988 — Air Accidents Investigation Branch, UK Department of Transport
  • Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 — victim registry and memorial records
  • Remembering Pan Am 103 — Syracuse University
  • The Crew of Pan Am Flight 103 — Confessions of a Trolley Dolly
  • Mayday: Air Disasters, Season 7, Episode 2 — "Lockerbie"

Find FINAL BOARDING CALL online:

  • Website: finalboardingcallpodcast.com
  • Email: finalboardingcallpodcast@gmail.com
  • Instagram: @FinalBoardingCallPod
  • Facebook: Final Boarding Call

Credits: Final Boarding Call is hosted by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas, researched and written by Alice Stern, produced and edited by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas.

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