Lockerbie: Terror High Above (English Edition)

This e-single, a selection of articles from The New York Times, recounts the aftermath of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, a Boeing 747 jet that exploded in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The blast killed all 259 passengers onboard, including 189 Americans, in addition to 11 people on the ground. The bombing was widely believed to be directed by the Libyan government, under Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. After a three-year investigation, two Libyan intelligence agents were indicted on mass murder charges. But Libya refused to extradite them, resulting in the United Nations imposing eight years of economic sanctions against Libya. Finally, in 1999, the Libyan government finally agreed to hand over the men to stand trial. While one of the men — Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, who died in 2012 — was the only person ever convicted in the crime, the case still remains unresolved 25 years later.