A bomb explodes on board <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pan Am Flight 103">Pan Am Flight 103</a> over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockerbie" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lockerbie">Lockerbie</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dumfries and Galloway">Dumfries and Galloway</a>, Scotland, killing 270.<sup about="#mwt67" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_21#cite_note-10" id="mw-w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_A">[10]</span></a></sup> This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur on British soil.
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