Netflix’s The Bombing of Pan Am 103 premieres July 30

Netflix premieres The Bombing of Pan Am 103 on July 30, a star-studded six-part dramatization of the international investigation into the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Its arrival feels especially timely, since the case is still open more than three decades later.

Netflix Download

Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. The attack killed 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground, representing 21 countries, and remains the deadliest terrorist attack in British history, according to the official case record.

Scottish authorities and the FBI led the investigation across a debris field that stretched over roughly 845 square miles, according to investigators. Media accounts have often called it the largest crime scene in history.

They worked through wreckage, forensic evidence, intelligence leads, and the political strain that came with an international case of this scale.

In 1991, two Libyan operatives were indicted. In 2001, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah was acquitted, according to Scottish court records.

Libya accepted responsibility and paid compensation in 2003, but maintained his innocence. Other theories never fully went away, including the possibility of Iranian retaliation. Now alleged bomb-maker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud faces charges in Washington, D.C., with a trial expected in late April 2026, according to U.S. court filings.

If you usually head to Netflix for true-crime dramas or major historical stories, The Bombing of Pan Am 103 should be on your list.

You can watch The Bombing of Pan Am 103 on Netflix starting July 30.