Pan Am Flight 103 CVR Recording(?)

𝗣𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗺 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟯 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Frankfurt to Detroit with stopovers in London and New York. The flight was being operated by a Boeing 747 (Reg. N739PA) on 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟴.

The plane departed Heathrow's runway 27R at 18:25. The plane levelled off at FL310 north west of Pole Hill VOR at 18:56. Approximately 7 minutes later, Shanwick Oceanic control transmitted the plane's oceanic clearance but this transmission was not acknowledged. The secondary radar return from Flight PA103 disappeared from the radar screen during this transmission. Multiple primary radar returns were then seen fanning out downwind for a considerable distance. Debris from the plane was strewn along two trails, one of which extended 130 km to the east coast of England.

Two major portions of the wreckage of the plane fell on the town of Lockerbie; other large parts, including the flight deck and forward fuselage section, landed in countryside to the east of the town. Residents of Lockerbie reported that, shortly after 19:00, there was a rumbling noise like thunder which sounded like the roar of of a jet engine under power. The noise appeared to come from a meteor-like object which was trailing flame and came down in the north-eastern part of the town. A large, dark, delta shaped object, resembling an aircraft wing, and other less well defined objects were seen to land in the Sherwood area of the town.

𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲:
"The in-flight disintegration of the aircraft was caused by the detonation of an improvised explosive device located in a baggage container positioned on the left side of the forward cargo hold at aircraft station 700."