LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Lockerbie bombing-US government reaction

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

22 Dec 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:00:34

Description

Paul Woodley reports from New York, following the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland (21/12/88). Includes press conference featuring Phyllis Oakley, a spokesperson for the US State Department defending her Government’s reaction to the threat of possible terrorist action on commercial aircraft (by anonymous phone call to US embassy).

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Phyllis Oakley

Keywords

Aircraft; USA; Government; Terrorism; Embassies and consulates; Scotland; Explosions; Pan Am; Crashes (aircraft); Lockerbie

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