1988年12月21日夜,美国泛美航空公司103航班从德国法兰克福途经英国伦敦飞往纽约的途中,在苏格兰的洛克比镇上空突然发生猛烈爆炸。飞机爆炸的碎片从空中落向地面,引起洛克比镇大火,导致镇上11人死亡,而飞机上的259人则全部丧生。空难发生后,英美两国立刻成立了联合调查团,由英国情报局和美国中央情报局、联邦调查局联合行动,负责空难调查和案件侦破。 On the night of December 21, 1988, Pan Am flight 103 suddenly and violently exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland on the way from Frankfurt, Germany, to London on the way to New York. The debris from the plane’s explosions fell from the air into the ground, causing a fire in Lockerbie town, killing 11 people in the town and killing 259 of the aircraft. After the crash, the United States and Britain immediately set up a joint investigation team. The joint operation of the British Intelligence Agency, the CIA and the FBI was responsible for the investigation of the plane crash and case detection.