Lockerbie
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On December 21 1988 a US passenger plane blew up over Scotland.
Pan Am flight 103 was heading for the USA when a bomb exploded on board, killing all the passengers and crew.
The wreckage of the plane fell on the small town of Lockerbie in the Scottish borders.
Witness hears from one man who lived through that night in Lockerbie.
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