Terrorist attack warning prior to Lockerbie bombing

Title

Terrorist attack warning prior to Lockerbie bombing

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Lisa Hampele reports on the Department of Transport’s claim that it warned airline chiefs about a possible terrorist attack prior to the Lockerbie bombing. Labour are angry that this warning was kept secret, and that the Prime Minister endorsed this action; John Prescott MP gives the party response. Elizabeth Delude-Dix, the widow of one of the victims of the bombing, talks of her anger and calls for Transport Minister Paul Channon’s resignation.

Contributors

John Prescott; Lisa Hampele; Elizabeth Delude-Dix

Keywords

Aircraft; Deaths; Margaret Thatcher; Terrorism; Family; John Wakeham; Disasters; Bombs; Explosions; Paul Channon; Lockerbie bombing (1988); Pan-Am

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