Lockerbie bombing

Remembering Pan Am Flight 103
By Uyen Nguyen
November 13, 2009 - 5:45pm
The SU community honors victims of one of its darkest days during the annual ceremony for the Lockerbie, Scotland, tragedy.

Eric Coker and Jason Coker were students, twin brothers and witty jokesters. This is how Barbara Primeau describes her sons.

On Dec. 21, 1988, a terrorist bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103, claiming the lives of her two sons and 268 others.

Twenty-one years later, members of the Syracuse University community joined together on a sunny Friday afternoon in bittersweet remembrance of the 35 students who died on Pan Am 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland.

Remembrance Week 2009
By Dina Spector
November 10, 2009 - 7:45pm
Syracuse University remembers the 35 students lost in the Pan Am Flight 103 tragedy with scholarships and memorial events.

On the evening of Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb detonated in the luggage compartment of Pan Am Flight 103, bound from London to New York. The jumbo jet crashed into the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University students returning from a semester of study abroad. 

Pan-Am flight 103 gets a second look
By Chelsea Damberg
October 26, 2009 - 11:55am
Investigators are reviewing the Lockerbie bombing case to see if they overlooked conspirators in the accident.

The Lockerbie bombing of Pan-Am flight 103 is under investigation again in hopes of finding accomplices to the only person convicted. The Pan-Am bombing killed 270 people on December 22, 1998; 35 were Syracuse University students studying in the SU abroad program. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was freed by Scottish officials in August after health reports showed he was dying of cancer, Syracuse.com reports....

Night of remembrance
By Alyssa Henry
September 22, 2009 - 10:18pm
Students gather to honor the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 after the recent release of the Lockerbie bomber.

More than 50 students gathered at the steps of Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil to remember the students killed on Pan Am Flight 103.

On Dec. 21, 1988, a terrorist bombing on Pan Am Flight 103 caused the plane to explode over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. Thirty-five of those were students returning from Syracuse University’s study abroad programs.