The Lockerbie BombingOn 21 December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 departed London Heathrow for New York. Shortly after take off, a bomb detonated, killing all aboard and devastating the small Scottish town of Lockerbie below. Only one man has ever been convicted of the crime: Abdelbaset al Megrahi, though few believe that he acted alone. In 2009, a request was made by Libya for al Megrahi's release from prison on compassionate grounds after he had been diagnosed with terminal