Lockerbie victims remembered in ceremony on 30th anniversary of tragedy

On 21 December 1988 Pan Am Flight 103, a transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York, was destroyed when flying over Scotland by a bomb. Eleven people in the Scottish town of Lockerbie (Locarbaidh)  died along with 259 passengers and crew on board. A service has taken place in southern Scotland to remember the victims of the Lockerbie bombing 30 years on. Victims relatives joined members of the community, many of who assisted in the aftermath of the atrocity. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the victims of the bombing would always be remembered:

"Thinking today of Lockerbie and all those whose lives were lost or deeply affected by what happened on this day 30 years ago, " she said.

"We will never forget."

A service was also held in the United States at Syracuse University.  Thirty-five of the passengers were students from Syracuse University returning home for Christmas following a semester studying in Europe.