The Lockerbie BombingDateline Presents: The Lockerbie Bombing

Dateline presents this documentary special about the Lockerbie Bombing. At 7.02 pm on Wednesday the 21st of December 1988, a device inside a Boeing 747 detonated at 31,000 feet killing all 259 people on board and a further 11 on the ground. Suddenly the eyes of the world were on the sleepy town of Lockerbie as it became witness and victim to one of the worst terrorist attacks in history. This emotional documentary on the Lockerbie Bombing, pieces together the experience of the relatives and those involved in the investigation to examine a crime that linked two countries together in tragedy and changed the way we would travel forever. (From the US) (Documentary) PG(A) CC

The Lockerbie Bombing was broadcast on SBS ONE at Wednesday 28 June 2017, 06:30. This episode was initially placed on Monday 15 June 2015.