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| − | ''' | + | [[File:Megrahi_Carlsson.jpg|400px|thumb|right|'''[[Megrahi]]''' convicted, '''Carlsson''' murdered on [[Pan Am Flight 103]] ]] |
| + | '''The how, why and who of [[Pan Am Flight 103]]''' -- which was sabotaged over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988 killing all 259 passengers and crew, and eleven people in the town of Lockerbie -- are revealed for the first time in this article.<ref>[http://www.victimsofpanamflight103.org/victims "Victims of Pan Am Flight 103"]</ref> | ||
| − | + | Constructive comments are very welcome, and can be made on the article's talk page. | |
| − | + | ==Unlawful baggage switch== | |
| + | Nicola Jane Hall, aged 23 years, of Sandton, South Africa, was in seat 23K on [[Pan Am Flight 103]] when the Boeing 747 jumbo jet exploded over Lockerbie. | ||
| − | That South African Airways were involved in unlawfully switching baggage that day was confirmed by a Pan Am security officer, Michael Jones, at the Lockerbie fatal accident inquiry (FAI) in October 1990. Jones told the FAI a breach of aviation rules had been committed because the suitcase of South African passenger, Miss Nicola Hall, had been put on the earlier Pan Am 101 flight (with Pik Botha's delegation) whereas Miss Hall was booked – and died – on [[Pan Am Flight 103|PA 103]].<ref>[http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?74757-Pan-Am-103-South-Africa-Guilty-!!! "Pan Am 103: South Africa Guilty"]</ref> | + | To get to London's Heathrow airport, Nicola Hall had travelled overnight from Johannesburg on South African Airways (SAA) Flight 234 with a high-powered apartheid regime delegation which included foreign minister [[Pik Botha]], defence minister [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Malan Magnus Malan] and military intelligence chief General C J Van Tonder. Because SAA had been banned from flying direct to and landing in the United States (on account of the 1986 [[Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act]]) the South African party were all booked for onward travel by the US carrier Pan Am from London, Heathrow to JFK, New York. |
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| + | After an eleven-hour flight, SA234 arrived at Heathrow at 07:20am. [[Pik Botha]] and his party were booked on Pan Am Flight 101 departing Heathrow at 11:00am to New York for the signing ceremony of the Namibia independence agreement at UN headquarters on the following day Thursday, 22 December 1988. | ||
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| + | Although she was not in [[Pik Botha]]'s official party, and was booked on the fatal evening flight [[Pan Am 103]] departing Heathrow at 18:00pm, Nicola Hall's suitcase did not accompany her. It had been wrongly transferred at Heathrow to the morning flight Pan Am 101. | ||
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| + | That South African Airways were involved in unlawfully switching baggage that day was confirmed by a Pan Am security officer, Michael Jones, at the Lockerbie fatal accident inquiry (FAI) in October 1990. Jones told the FAI a breach of aviation rules had been committed because the suitcase of South African passenger, Miss Nicola Hall, had been put on the earlier Pan Am 101 flight (with [[Pik Botha]]'s delegation) whereas Miss Hall was booked – and died – on [[Pan Am Flight 103|PA 103]].<ref>[http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?74757-Pan-Am-103-South-Africa-Guilty-!!! "Pan Am 103: South Africa Guilty"]</ref><ref>[http://www.vetpath.co.uk/lockerbie/fai.pdf "Lockerbie Fatal Accident Inquiry"]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 10:45, 3 July 2013
The how, why and who of Pan Am Flight 103 -- which was sabotaged over Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988 killing all 259 passengers and crew, and eleven people in the town of Lockerbie -- are revealed for the first time in this article.[1]
Constructive comments are very welcome, and can be made on the article's talk page.
Unlawful baggage switch
Nicola Jane Hall, aged 23 years, of Sandton, South Africa, was in seat 23K on Pan Am Flight 103 when the Boeing 747 jumbo jet exploded over Lockerbie.
To get to London's Heathrow airport, Nicola Hall had travelled overnight from Johannesburg on South African Airways (SAA) Flight 234 with a high-powered apartheid regime delegation which included foreign minister Pik Botha, defence minister Magnus Malan and military intelligence chief General C J Van Tonder. Because SAA had been banned from flying direct to and landing in the United States (on account of the 1986 Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act) the South African party were all booked for onward travel by the US carrier Pan Am from London, Heathrow to JFK, New York.
After an eleven-hour flight, SA234 arrived at Heathrow at 07:20am. Pik Botha and his party were booked on Pan Am Flight 101 departing Heathrow at 11:00am to New York for the signing ceremony of the Namibia independence agreement at UN headquarters on the following day Thursday, 22 December 1988.
Although she was not in Pik Botha's official party, and was booked on the fatal evening flight Pan Am 103 departing Heathrow at 18:00pm, Nicola Hall's suitcase did not accompany her. It had been wrongly transferred at Heathrow to the morning flight Pan Am 101.
That South African Airways were involved in unlawfully switching baggage that day was confirmed by a Pan Am security officer, Michael Jones, at the Lockerbie fatal accident inquiry (FAI) in October 1990. Jones told the FAI a breach of aviation rules had been committed because the suitcase of South African passenger, Miss Nicola Hall, had been put on the earlier Pan Am 101 flight (with Pik Botha's delegation) whereas Miss Hall was booked – and died – on PA 103.[2][3]
