Netflix & BBC Team Up for Limited Drama 'Lockerbie' on the 1988 Pan Am 103 Crash
A long time ago, in the 20th century, hijacking flights was not something that typically ended in tragedy. The 1970s and early 80s were littered with stories, which today sound bizarre, where random people hijacked flights, and then either disappeared or were arrested. That "hijacking as nuisance, not dangerous" attitude was one of many reasons the Pan Am bombing of Flight 103 in 1988 was such a shock to the system. Considered the deadliest aviation disaster ever, the crash resulted in 270 fatalities, making it one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the history of the United Kingdom. Now the BBC and Netflix are teaming up for a Limited Series based on the disaster titled Lockerbie.
Billed as "a factual drama," the series will focus less on the build-up or the explosion and more on the joint investigation that followed, where Scottish and American authorities worked together to try and piece together what happened. For those who don't remember the crash, the investigation took three years before the FBI (in conjunction with the Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary) issued arrest warrants for Libyan nationals who were connected with the bombing, though it took nearly another decade for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to hand them over.
This is the second limited series in the works on the bombing; Sky and Peacock supposedly teamed up to do one a couple of years back (also under the working title of Lockerbie), but that has not yet gotten off the ground.
