But I was thinking there was a second airline disaster involving a terrorist bomb that was conveyed to a girl friend to carry on board.
The Pan Am 103 bomb was in unaccompanied luggage dropped off in Germany. There was no personal connection, according to the program. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Art via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Andrew, > You were not mistaken; that’s what happened. I don’t know what this > Smithsonian Channel program claimed, but the facts are that after an > extensive reconstruction and analysis of the bits and pieces of the jet it > was proven that the explosion of a semtex bomb hidden in a Toshiba Bombeat > SF-16 radio cassette player inside a Samsonite suitcase was the cause of > the accident. They even found and identified pieces of the electronic > timer. The flight was delayed so the bomb went off over land instead of > over the water as the bombers had planned. Two Libyans were finally handed > over to Scotland for prosecution by Muammar Gaddafi < > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi> after extensive pressure > from the UN. One was convicted and sentenced to life. He was released due > to terminal cancer and died a few years later. > Regards, > Addison > > > > On Oct 11, 2017, Andrew wrote: > > I just watched a superb Smithsonian Channel program on the Lockerbie crash > of Pan Am flight 103. I had mistakenly thought the plane was brought down > by a bomb that a girl had transported on board that was given to her by an > acquaintance. That was not the case, however. Does anyone remember the > situation I am thinking of? A girl as a favor took I believe a transistor > radio or some other electronic equipment from a middle eastern friend to > deliver to someone in the states. Then it blew up in the air. I tried > Googling it but no luck. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
