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Originally Posted by Ninastar
thats really awful. I can't imagine if something like this happened here
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We usually have 1 airliner "accident" year in the UK, but there has been none since 2009 - the last worst such "event" was, of course :
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1988 21 December - Pan Am Flight 103, operated by Boeing 747-100 N739PA en-route from London Heathrow Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport was blown up just after crossing the England-Scotland border. The terrorist attack was conducted by Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. As of 2011, this remains the deadliest terrorist attack in the United Kingdom. all 243 passengers and 16 crew members on board the aircraft were killed as well as 11 residents of Lockerbie.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom