The Truth about Lockerbie - MartinFrost.ws

The Truth about Lockerbie - MartinFrost.ws The Truth about Lockerbie - MartinFrost.ws

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A tale of three atrocities 23:50 Sattar returns by route of break-in and leaves the terminal 00:05 Mr Manly discovers break-in and the incident is properly reported at recorded in the BAA log book. Mr Manly stays on duty until the door is resecured, but of course, the damage has been done. Early morning (say about 7:00 am) Early in the morning AVE4041 PA is labelled as the first off (first-class and interline traffic to New York) container at around 07:00 During day Baggage is loaded loaded throughout the day, with items from the Frankfurt flight PA103A being added shortly before 18:00 About 17:45 AVE4041 PA is last container loaded 18:00 Pan Am 103 pushes back (or off blocks as the Zeist Court quaintly put it) 18:25 Pan Am 103 takes off, delayed by congestion 18:27 Clmbing at a rate of 3000'-4000' per minute the aircraft rises through about 8000' and the ice-cube timer is set running by the pressure transducer 18:58 Aircraft commences communication with Shanwick Oceanic to gain appropriate clearance. 19:02:47±1 Last secondary radar paste of the aircraft 19:02:50±1 As oceanic clearance is read communication ceases with the aircraft. The IED explodes. IFF marker blips off. 19:02:58±1 First radar paste, after the bombing shows aircraft as 4 separate returns on the primary, none on the secondary. 19:02:59±1 7 seconds delay for the pager call to be set up 19:03:06±1 17 seconds have elapsed since IED exploded *Hantzauman sets off a pager, to detonate a “package” or “insurance” bomb. The CIA feared that a small explosion would simply puncture the aircraft and it could be flown with little loss of life, like TWA 840 of 2 April 1986. A typical pager call takes seven seconds to set up so at: A “package” or “insurance” bomb explodes in the aircraft's rear hold. It may have contained deactivated military material 19:03:36 A seismic event occurs at ground level in Lockerbie, recorded by BGS and corrected for 32

A tale of three atrocities travel time of S- and P- waves from impact point. Eskdalemuir is the nearest BGS station to Lockerbie, but four stations are required to make the analysis, so reports from Keswick, Edinburgh, Galloway and possibly Glennifer Braes would have been needed. Subsequently A fireball erupts over Sherwood Crescent, Lockerbie caused by the inflammation of the aircraft's fuel. 11 people die and 21 homes are destroyed. 270 die in all die, Britain's worst peacetime disaster of recent times. Pan Am Flight 103 has been blown up and has landed on Lockerbie, SW Scotland 33

A tale of three atrocities<br />

23:50 Sattar returns by route of break-in and leaves the<br />

terminal<br />

00:05 Mr Manly discovers break-in and the incident is<br />

properly reported at recorded in the BAA log book.<br />

Mr Manly stays on duty until the door is resecured,<br />

but of course, the damage has been<br />

done.<br />

Early morning (say <strong>about</strong> 7:00 am) Early in the morning AVE4041 PA is labelled as<br />

the first off (first-class and interline traffic to New<br />

York) container at around 07:00<br />

During day Baggage is loaded loaded throughout the day,<br />

with items from the Frankfurt flight PA103A being<br />

added shortly before 18:00<br />

About 17:45 AVE4041 PA is last container loaded<br />

18:00 Pan Am 103 pushes back (or off blocks as the<br />

Zeist Court quaintly put it)<br />

18:25 Pan Am 103 takes off, delayed by congestion<br />

18:27 Clmbing at a rate of 3000'-4000' per minute the<br />

aircraft rises through <strong>about</strong> 8000' and the ice-cube<br />

timer is set running by the pressure transducer<br />

18:58 Aircraft commences communication with<br />

Shanwick Oceanic to gain appropriate clearance.<br />

19:02:47±1 Last secondary radar paste of the aircraft<br />

19:02:50±1 As oceanic clearance is read communication<br />

ceases with the aircraft. <strong>The</strong> IED explodes. IFF<br />

marker blips off.<br />

19:02:58±1 First radar paste, after the bombing sho<strong>ws</strong> aircraft<br />

as 4 separate returns on the primary, none on the<br />

secondary.<br />

19:02:59±1<br />

7 seconds delay for the pager call to be set up<br />

19:03:06±1<br />

17 seconds have elapsed since IED exploded<br />

*Hantzauman sets off a pager, to detonate a<br />

“package” or “insurance” bomb. <strong>The</strong> CIA feared<br />

that a small explosion would simply puncture the<br />

aircraft and it could be flown with little loss of life,<br />

like TWA 840 of 2 April 1986. A typical pager call<br />

takes seven seconds to set up so at:<br />

A “package” or “insurance” bomb explodes in the<br />

aircraft's rear hold. It may have contained<br />

deactivated military material<br />

19:03:36 A seismic event occurs at ground level in<br />

<strong>Lockerbie</strong>, recorded by BGS and corrected for<br />

32

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