Download or read book Pan Am Flight 103 written by Karen Bornemann Spies and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series examines the terrible effects of American Disasters in a high-interest, exciting style geared toward capturing the reluctant reader. Each book explains the basic scientific principles behind the disaster and includes personal accounts of the survivors, putting the reader in the center of the action. Each indexed book contains full-color photographs, chapter notes, a further reading list, and a list of interesting and relevant Web Sites.On December 21, 1988, passengers filled with holiday spirit crowded onto a Pan American flight in London's Heathrow Airport, bound for New York. Not far away, residents of the small town of Lockerbie, Scotland, prepared their suppers after an ordinary day. Everything changed when the plane, Flight 103, suddenly exploded in midair above Lockerbie. Flaming pieces of wreckage rained down on the terrified residents of the town below. In Pan Am Flight 103: Terrorism Over Lockerbie, author Karen Bornemann Spies describes the horrifying events surrounding the terror attack that claimed nearly 300 lives that December day, as well as how the disaster changed the way airports operate their security. Also included are quotes from members of victims' families and officials who investigated the crash.