Pan Am Flight 759 crashed in Kenner on July 9, 1982. It was caused by microburst-induced wind shear, and it killed over 150 people.

Mary Lou Ciulla was cooking dinner with one eye on a TV soap opera. The ordinary domestic scene would have quickly evaporated ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered the termination of a citizens advisory committee formed to improve aviation security in the wake of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am ...

Over forty years ago, traveling by helicopter over New York City was certainly not unusual and, indeed, the luxurious and ...

The Pan Am Flight 103 from Heathrow to New York exploded just 38 minutes into its journey over Lockerbie, killing 270 people ...

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Theater fans have a long and affectionate history with the musical “Peter Pan,” and the J.M. Barrie play, “Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up,” and subsequent novelization ...

On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. All 259 passengers and crew were killed, plus another 11 died when the wreckage fell over ...

On December 21, 1988, a mere 38 minutes after take-off, 259 passengers and crew lost their lives when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie. As the aircraft plummeted from the sky, 11 ...

The ensuing efforts to track down the perpetrators found Swire, a GP from Bromsgrove (played with teeth-gritted doggedness by Colin Firth), becoming the figurehead of the support group, "Victims of ...