1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:10,000 This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 2 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,320 I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake 3 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,120 4 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,240 5 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,840 PLAYS ON HEADPHONES 6 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,400 Good evening, passengers. 7 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,200 On behalf of Pan Am airlines, we would like to apologise 8 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,040 for the delay to Pan Am Flight 103 to New York. 9 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,640 We will update you as soon as we have all the information. 10 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:11,840 You all right, darling? 11 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,040 - Yes. - Are you hungry? 12 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,000 - Yes. - Is there anywhere to get a drink around here? 13 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,240 Oh, I think there's a bar back that way. 14 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,000 Thanks. 15 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,480 - Rough week? - Fun week, family wedding, Belfast. 16 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,680 Oof, they can drink over there! 17 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,000 They DID drink over there. 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,360 Yeah, I think we're delayed. 19 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,200 - Sorry, darling. - No, we'll be together before you know it. 20 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,920 Christmas in New York! 21 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,240 Ice skating at the Rockefeller Center, 22 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,200 walks in Central Park... 23 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,000 I can't wait to see you. 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,400 You, too. 25 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:47,520 I love you. 26 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:50,400 I love you, too. 27 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:02,760 Go on, go and get your dad. 28 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,480 Thank you. 29 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:05,920 Dad... 30 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,280 Dad, tea! 31 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,480 Yes, I'm coming. 32 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,640 Right, OK. Come on, then. 33 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:20,200 Come on! 34 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,840 SHE GIGGLES 35 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,600 - Please help me set the table. - Yeah. 36 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,840 - He's coming! - Thank you, sweetheart. 37 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,400 - That smells good. - Can you get that juice? 38 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,120 Excuse me! Out of the kitchen, DS McCusker. 39 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,320 LAUGHTER 40 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,680 Dad, is Santa going late-night shopping this week? 41 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,920 - Who knows? He works in mysterious ways. - Mm-hm. 42 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:44,640 - But if you're good... - Are you still free tomorrow, at least? 43 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,920 - Ice skating! - Maybe. - Possibly. 44 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:49,240 Subject to a full review of the evidence. 45 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,160 - No bedtime mischief. - Yes! 46 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,200 Right. Don't wait up, love. 47 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,640 Take a coat. It's Baltic out there. 48 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:58,400 - Bye-bye. - Bye-bye. 49 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,080 We are now commencing boarding Pan Am 103 to New York. 50 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,440 Thank you, Mr Doyle. Have a restful flight. 51 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,840 Thanks. I like your hat. 52 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,520 - And has he got a passport? - I think so. 53 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:12,880 He's from the Arctic. 54 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,760 Thank you. 55 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,600 Playing Santa back home? 56 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,640 New Jersey-style. 57 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:20,240 Excited to see my wife and kids. 58 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,120 Have a safe trip, Mr Jaafar. Thank you. 59 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,360 Thank you. 60 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:29,800 Hello, madam. 61 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,880 Still time, right? Still time? 62 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:10,920 No. 63 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,000 Sorry, sir. 64 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,560 Somewhere In My Heart by Aztec Camera 65 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,400 66 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,920 67 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:03,440 68 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,720 69 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,640 70 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:14,360 71 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,920 72 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,840 73 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,360 74 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,920 Overflowing with festive joy in here, Ed. 75 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,080 - It's not Christmas yet, Sandy. - Only ten days to go. 76 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,560 Ten? My daughters are saying four. 77 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,080 Not the baby in the manger. The game. 78 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,440 Could score some tickets? 79 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,120 I might have promised the girls we'd go to the sales. 80 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,280 - June might give you a pass. - Let's just get through tonight, eh? 81 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:54,760 Get a confession out the lad in room four, 82 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,520 and then, maybe we can get a pint in at one of the parties. 83 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,360 Someone's bound to pull a cracker tonight. 84 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,240 Oh, whatever you say, Santa. 85 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,320 TELEVISION PLAYS 86 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,600 LAUGHTER 87 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,840 Sure Dave doesn't mind checking it over? 88 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:25,320 He said he's happy to help. 89 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:26,720 Could wait till morning. 90 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,040 Might as well do it now, get it all nice for her. 91 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,640 It's going to be a big surprise for her. 92 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,240 - Aye. - Aye. You're a good lad. 93 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,440 Stop The Cavalry by Jona Lewie 94 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,120 95 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,440 96 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,880 97 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,120 98 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,400 99 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,240 100 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,000 Merry Christmas, Willie. 101 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,280 Merry Christmas, Moira. 102 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,560 Full of the joys of Christmas, PC Gibson? 103 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,440 Mrs Shearer? What a pleasant surprise. 104 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:20,040 Any Christmas plans? 105 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,880 Your son flying in to surprise you? 106 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,560 Flights are dear. 107 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,840 I'll be with family, though. 108 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,120 You're not drinking on duty, I trust? 109 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,640 Oh, no, no, of course not. 110 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:32,720 RUMBLING GLASSES SHAKE 111 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,720 CRASHING 112 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,600 EXPLOSION 113 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,240 So, there I am. I'm a 15-year-old police cadet. 114 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:06,840 Still can't believe that I'm not Chief Superintendent. 115 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,240 And I've got the accused stood right in front of me. 116 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:12,720 I look him right in the eye and I say, 117 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:14,960 "Where were you between four and six?" 118 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:17,840 "Primary school," he says. 119 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,800 That's... That's a... That's a true story. 120 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,400 DCS Orr, there's a phone call for you. They said it's urgent. 121 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,440 Excuse me. 122 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:33,080 Hello? 123 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,680 Sorry to disturb you, sir. 124 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:38,080 There's being a report of a large explosion in the Lockerbie area. 125 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,560 Mass fatalities and serious structural damage to buildings 126 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:43,880 and vehicles. No further details as yet. 127 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,520 I'm on my way. 128 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,440 - You sure they said "explosion"? - They said it. 129 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,080 I'm just not sure if they meant it. Lockerbie. Where is that? 130 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,480 It's a small town down the A74. About an hour away. 131 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,520 - Call was for "all available". - That never happens. You sure? 132 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,640 It came direct from DCS Orr. 133 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,720 - I'll gather a team and follow. - Right, OK. 134 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,880 HORNS HONK 135 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,040 Police! Back in vehicles now! 136 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,320 HORNS CONTINUE SIRENS BLARE 137 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,400 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. CID. You lads going to Lockerbie? 138 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,120 - Trying. - You know what's happened? 139 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:27,960 All we're hearing is fires. Want to follow us? 140 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:29,320 Aye. Lead the way. 141 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:56,280 SIRENS BLARING 142 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,440 SIRENS AND SHOUTING 143 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,920 - DS McCusker. What's happened? - PC Gibson, sir. 144 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,040 Someone said passenger plane. 145 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,320 I was told to search for survivors. 146 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:51,920 I'll help you search. Let's go. 147 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:14,040 Slow down. 148 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,840 Come on, man, you can't do anything for him. 149 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,120 We need water! The water main's burst. 150 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,520 Come here, listen, I need you to assist these gentlemen here. 151 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:45,120 Here. Thank you. 152 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:49,080 - CID. What's wrong? - Water main's burst, impact of the plane. 153 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:50,920 Vehicle reserves running dry, too. 154 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,760 We've milk tankers on the way, filling them at the river. 155 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,560 - Any survivors? - Not yet. Be careful. 156 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:01,040 - Are you local? - Local boy, born and bred. 157 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,040 That's David Edwards' house. 158 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,520 RADIO CHATTER HELICOPTER 159 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,600 Hey! Lad, you can't be here! 160 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,720 Come on lad, we'll get you somewhere safe. Come on. 161 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,680 - I can't leave. It's my home. - Let's go. - It's my home! - Come on. 162 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,720 Mum! Dad! 163 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,560 Come on. It's OK. 164 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:54,600 It's all right. Come on, let's go. Watch yourself. 165 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,200 Just keep going. 166 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,760 - Constable! - What's your name, son? 167 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,120 Er...Steven Flannigan. 168 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,960 OK. I need you to get this lad to safety as soon as possible. 169 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,640 They're taking people to Lockerbie Academy, the school. 170 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,240 Come on, Steven, I'll take you. 171 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:28,160 Whoa, whoa, guys, come on. I know there's a lot going on. 172 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,640 Mark where bodies are found. 173 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,840 Do not move anything you do not need to move! 174 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,480 It's all evidence. 175 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,920 CID? 176 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:01,680 Have we got CID? 177 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,680 DCS Orr, sir. 178 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:04,920 McCusker?! 179 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,000 All right. 180 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,960 Priority is preserving the scene. 181 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,760 - Leave that to uniforms. You two local? - Yes. 182 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,920 We've had calls about passengers at Rosebank and the golf course. 183 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,720 You take Rosebank. You take the golf course. 184 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:23,760 All right. On you go. 185 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,000 And I need you to go to the Banks Hill area. 186 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,040 Right, there's been a call about a passenger at Minsca Farm. 187 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,800 All right? I take it there were no survivors? 188 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,440 All right, go, go, go! 189 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,920 Are you here for Pan Am 103? Have you heard anything? 190 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,960 - Are they saying anything? - I, erm... 191 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,840 - ..heard on the radio there was a crash. - I know. 192 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:39,440 They're not telling us anything. 193 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:40,960 But that was Scotland. 194 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:42,640 Our plane's from London. 195 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,560 It wouldn't go there, would it? 196 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,960 Oh, I've been calling, calling Pan Am, but getting nothing, 197 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,600 so I just jumped in a... 198 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,360 It says "see agent" now. 199 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,680 SHE WHIMPERS 200 00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:19,720 My son! 201 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,200 Good evening. Pan Am flight 103, 202 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,280 from London's Heathrow to New York's Kennedy Airport, 203 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:45,680 was at 31,000 feet, and just 52 minutes into its flight 204 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,720 when air traffic controllers suddenly lost contact. 205 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,600 A short time later, the 747 crashed into a Scottish village 206 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,960 and exploded in a ball of flames. 207 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,400 CID. 208 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,520 Are you all right? 209 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,200 It's OK, darling, it's all right. Just take a breath. 210 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,840 - Is this your farm? - Aye. 211 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,440 Did you call for help? 212 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:24,800 I called for an ambulance. 213 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,040 Who'd you call it for? 214 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:01,720 Do you see him? 215 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,120 They're saying a 747... 216 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,520 We don't know yet, but I-I'm here to help. 217 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,840 At first, we thought he was alive. 218 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,240 My husband Hugh's out looking for anyone else. 219 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,920 That's good. 220 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,440 We need all the help we can get. 221 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,320 We can't leave him out here alone. 222 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,680 He has to stay here for now. 223 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,360 Then I'll stay with him. 224 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,400 Please. 225 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,120 Somebody will be along to take care of him, to move him. 226 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,480 He must have a family, mustn't he? 227 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,520 Can I use your phone, please? 228 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,560 Aye. 229 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,440 No, it-it's OK. I-I'm all right. 230 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,760 I'm part of the response, but it's... 231 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:16,480 Ed. Just be careful. 232 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,440 Yeah, be really careful. 233 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,640 I'll be back at some point. I love you. 234 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,080 Yeah. I love you. 235 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:39,840 Is Dad OK? 236 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:42,800 Yeah. 237 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,400 He's OK. 238 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,720 Erm, let's get you up to bed. 239 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,480 Come on, let's go and do a book. 240 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,560 LINE RINGS 241 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,080 Hello, Linda Burman. 242 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,320 Linda, erm... 243 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,040 ..we haven't spoken before. It's Rose. 244 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,280 Rose! Of course. 245 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,000 Tim adores you. 246 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,320 Is... Is everything OK? 247 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,360 Er, no. 248 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:19,120 Have you seen the news? I think Tim's plane... 249 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:20,760 - Something's happened. - Roy! 250 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:23,560 Are you sure? 251 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,400 Yes. Pan Am 103, that was his flight. 252 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,120 What did they say exactly? 253 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,600 They can't... They said they can't tell me any more. 254 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:32,000 Right, Rose, it's Roy. 255 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,960 We'll find out what's happening, 256 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:35,760 er, and we'll be in touch. 257 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,240 British Airways have activated their emergency procedures 258 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,760 information centre, professionals and volunteers still arriving 259 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,200 to man the phones and to comfort relatives until 260 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,920 solid information is available. 261 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,080 We've got a room here where they can sit, 262 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,840 they can have a cup of tea. 263 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:55,440 They can talk to one another. 264 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:59,400 And, as soon as someone has some information to tell them 265 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,320 about the persons that they want to hear of, 266 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,200 then it will be communicated to them. 267 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:09,000 We are in the process of beginning the notification of the next of kin. 268 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,920 That process will continue through the night and into tomorrow. 269 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,520 We will release the, er, 270 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,120 passenger list just as soon as that process is completed. 271 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,400 OK, guys, let's pull together a full factual on this plane. 272 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,960 Flying hours, pilot history, whatever we can get. 273 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,800 I already called the seventh floor, 274 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,880 but can somebody please get me Gow in the Field Office? 275 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,120 - Right away. - And listen, cancel your plans for tonight, OK? 276 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:47,560 I don't want you getting distracted by any of the images you see on TV. 277 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,080 - Tom Thurman for Dick Marquise. - Please sign here. 278 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:02,800 - Thank you. - Thank you. 279 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,800 OK. Let's go. 280 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,720 KNOCK AT DOOR 281 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,080 How do you want to mobilise? 282 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,320 There's about to be a seventh-floor meet-up with Gallagher, 283 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:16,600 so I want you there. 284 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:21,360 What do you think? Is it a bomb? 285 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,800 Our explosives unit has zero facts, 286 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,320 zero context, and zero evidence. 287 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,000 Then let's get you above zero fast. 288 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,640 It's international. 289 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,520 They won't wade in without evidence. 290 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,280 The evidence is in Scotland, 291 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,520 but 190 victims are American, 292 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,280 including 15 active duty military personnel 293 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,800 and ten veterans, just like yourself. 294 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,680 No, we need to make a case. 295 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,960 You make cases. I examine debris. 296 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,440 No. We need to make a case that you go to Scotland. 297 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,000 Tonight. 298 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,280 Is that possible? 299 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:55,840 Whatever you need. 300 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,480 - My kids ain't with me this Christmas. - Great. 301 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,240 And I'm never putting them on a plane again. 302 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,240 What's the latest, Todd? 303 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,720 Mr Gallagher, 304 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,640 no signs of a hijack, nor any evidence of explosives yet. 305 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:13,360 Pilot error or engine failure possible. 306 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:16,760 Lockerbie is near Dumfries, the UK's smallest police force. 307 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,920 Their main area of unsolved crime last year - bicycle theft. 308 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,760 Glasgow's not far. 309 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,720 They must've dealt with more than just bike thefts. 310 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,120 And 747s don't just fall out of the sky. 311 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:27,600 Well, sometimes they do. 312 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,600 The South African Airways 747 last year, 313 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:32,240 just an accidental cargo fire. 314 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,040 We don't do aviation accidents overseas. 315 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,240 We'll see what develops. 316 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,040 Yeah, but if we don't go, we'll see nothing. 317 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,520 We've dispatched our London LEGATS. 318 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,200 They're not going to know what to look for. 319 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,960 Who's running this meeting, Dick? 320 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,400 Look, all I'm saying is we should rule out foul play. 321 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,880 If this was an attack against US citizens, 322 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,840 it would be unprecedented. 323 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,000 The implications of this would be chilling. 324 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,560 Do the Scots have the black box? 325 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,680 Not yet. The Scots police called our field office looking for help. 326 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,600 What do you mean, they asked for our assistance? 327 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,520 They lack experts that can examine debris for signs of explosives. 328 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,840 Well, why not use London? 329 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,680 The Met's IRA team? 330 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,840 Maybe their relationship with the Met is as perfect 331 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,840 as ours is with the CIA. 332 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,320 Has anyone called to take credit? 333 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:17,960 Islamic Jihad, 334 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,120 Guardians of Islamic Revolution, 335 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,400 an Ulster Defence group. 336 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,360 Jihad and Guardians, they're just looking for free publicity. 337 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:27,080 - Any other calls? - Yes. Someone called to blame Mossad. 338 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,200 OK. So, in other words, no credible leads. 339 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,640 Which also may indicate an accident. 340 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,320 I send my top explosives guy to Scotland, we alarm the world. 341 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,080 With all due respect, I think the mystery deaths of passengers 342 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,400 from 21 different countries has already alarmed the world, 343 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:39,440 don't you? 344 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,720 I heard Matt Gannon was on board. 345 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,360 The CIA's Beirut Station Chief. 346 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:54,320 If there's any chance this was a hit on Gannon, a Unabomber, 347 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,640 a headcase, or even a group, 348 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,720 the White House are going to want to know. 349 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,400 Meanwhile, I can pull the manifest, 350 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,520 have my team start profiling passengers. 351 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,240 OK. 352 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,160 I'll see what Sessions says. 353 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,000 But we wade in, 354 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,160 families here are going to want us to run this whole case. 355 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:11,960 The Scots might be happy about that. 356 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:13,800 A cop eager to give up jurisdiction? 357 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,480 Tom, how soon could you fly? 358 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,160 We're going to Dulles Airport. 359 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:51,480 Rescue teams from all over Britain are heading for 360 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,680 the scene of what looks to be Britain's worst air crash tonight. 361 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,440 Just after seven this evening, 362 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,800 a jumbo jet crashed on to the town of Lockerbie, 363 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,280 in the Scottish borders. 364 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,520 It was a Pan American Boeing 747, 365 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,360 flight number 103 from London Heathrow 366 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:07,240 to Kennedy Airport, New York. 367 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,560 We now know there were 244 people on board, 368 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,200 including three children. It came down on a petrol station 369 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,760 and a housing estate on the south side of Lockerbie. 370 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,760 There are casualties amongst the town's people. 371 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,240 We don't know how many. 372 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,200 Bodies have been found up to two miles away. 373 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,400 There's no immediate indication of why the plane crashed. 374 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,600 Officials say there was no other airplane involved, 375 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,640 and rule out a mid-air collision. 376 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:35,280 No explanation yet why the plane crashed from 31,000 feet. 377 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,960 - All right? - Morning. - Morning, guys. 378 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,440 Yeah. 379 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,360 OK, right, we've got it. 380 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,640 OK, flight data acquisition unit secure. Well done. 381 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,480 - Morning. So, you've found the black box? - Morning. 382 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,960 - DCS Orr. - Mick Charles. 383 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,160 So, what's the plans for it, Mr Charles? 384 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,520 I'd like to get it in a heli to Farnborough, along with the DFDR 385 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,320 and the Cockpit Voice Recorder we found two miles east of here. 386 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,720 We need to piece together the audio of the plane's last few minutes. 387 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,960 How long before I can listen to it? 388 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,880 Later today, down a line, I hope. 389 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,560 I need to find out if this was an accident, 390 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,480 or if it was a bomb. 391 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,680 And it's not just me. 392 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,360 It's the Secretary of State, 393 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,040 it's the Chief Constable, it's the media, it's the families, 394 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,320 and a certain Mrs Thatcher - 395 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,440 not necessarily in that order. 396 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:48,720 I understand. 397 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,120 This is what we do. 398 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:52,880 Good. 399 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,240 I'll leave you to it. 400 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,240 What's coming in? 401 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:19,960 So far, 11 locals killed by the fire or by the impact. 402 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,320 Three kids. 403 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,400 There was a wee lad on the Crescent. 404 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,480 Steven Flannigan. 405 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,920 You heard about his family? 406 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,280 Flannigan? 407 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,360 Yeah, his parents and his sister are definitely gone. 408 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,240 But his big brother, he was away, 409 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,400 so he's not lost everyone. 410 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,040 Right. 411 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,520 Where do you need me next? 412 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,680 Lockerbie Academy's the HQ. 413 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,320 If this was deliberate, this whole town's a massive murder scene. 414 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:00,360 Evidence first, eh? 415 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,320 Theories later. 416 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,120 It is even worse in daylight 417 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,360 than it looked on television at night. 418 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,200 Now you can see the full enormity of the damage, 419 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:58,920 and the extent of it, 420 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,120 er, and the way in which there are pieces of aircraft 421 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,040 and twisted metal scattered over a wide area. 422 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,600 And the number of houses that are damaged, 423 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,400 and the people in them, 424 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,880 must have wondered just whatever was happening, 425 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,480 as indeed the people in the aircraft must have had this... 426 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,640 Well, it's just terrible. 427 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,360 JOURNALISTS SHOUT QUESTIONS 428 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,280 - Excuse me. - Any word from Pan Am? 429 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,280 Have you got anything you'd like to say? 430 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,280 - When will we have answers? - Is that the orphan? 431 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,680 Guys...seriously? 432 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,200 DCI Harry Bell. 433 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,040 I imagine there might be some progress to report later today, 434 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,360 provided you're not blocking this entrance. 435 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,560 You must be DCS Orr? 436 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:23,840 Yes. 437 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,440 Seymour. Anti-Terrorist Branch. 438 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:28,200 My team are leading the passenger inquiries down at Heathrow. 439 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,120 DCI Harry Bell. 440 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,120 Sorry, did you say leading? 441 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,760 Can I ask on whose authority? 442 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,440 We're interviewing a Sikh man at the moment. 443 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,520 Luggage went on, but he didn't. Goes by the name Jaswant Basuta. 444 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,640 Oh, right. My team's going to need your files on him. 445 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,000 Mrs Thatcher will determine who has jurisdiction over all this, DCS Orr. 446 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,560 I'm sure she will. 447 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,120 The plane took off from London. 448 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:50,480 It came down in Scotland. 449 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,080 London's my jurisdiction. 450 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,280 So, can you see Big Ben out the window there? 451 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,920 This is Scotland, my jurisdiction. 452 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,880 And until I'm told otherwise, I'm in charge. 453 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,680 James T Thurman? 454 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:04,600 Tom. 455 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,760 Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Explosives Unit. 456 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,120 SIO John Orr. Pleased to meet you. 457 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,280 We need your help... in specific areas. 458 00:34:18,720 --> 00:34:21,640 I'd like to thank all of you who dropped your Christmas plans, 459 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,240 to be here. It's much appreciated. 460 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:27,800 For those of you who don't know, I am SIO John Orr, 461 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,000 and for the time being, I'm in charge. 462 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:37,960 Last night was about fighting fires, searching. 463 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,000 Fall was 30,000 feet, 464 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,840 debris scattered over 850 miles, 465 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,720 no survivors found so far. 466 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,120 Today, we have the benefit of daylight, 467 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,080 though obviously, at this time of year, that's... 468 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,320 ..pretty short-lived. 469 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,480 I want to make one thing absolutely clear. 470 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,320 We have two priorities. 471 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:04,640 First... 472 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:07,400 ..human beings. 473 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:14,000 We estimate there's 250 passengers still out there, 474 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:18,600 and I want you to be relentless in your search for survivors. 475 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,000 Check every field, every barn, 476 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,320 every stable, every rooftop. 477 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,840 Where lives are lost, 478 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,920 please proceed efficiently... 479 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,160 ..and sensitively. 480 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,240 Now, the local mortuaries are overwhelmed, 481 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:41,920 town hall's not suitable. 482 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,120 So, for the time being, 483 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,320 we'll begin using the ice rink. 484 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,560 Second priority... 485 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,280 ..collection of evidence. 486 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,600 Search teams will be divided into groups of eight and ten. 487 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,040 Sectors A, B, C, D, E, and F. 488 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,720 Check for your name on the notice board. 489 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:12,560 The debris is spread well beyond Lockerbie area. 490 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,400 Every patch is a crime scene. 491 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,520 Every item, a piece of evidence. 492 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:25,200 If it's not a rock, if it's not growing, 493 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,320 then pick it up... 494 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,480 ..bag it, label it. Details... 495 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,880 Details make cases, understood? 496 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:37,960 Now, we're not alone. 497 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,840 We have with us Mr Tom Thurman from the FBI, 498 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,760 an explosives expert. 499 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,640 Tom, would you like to say a few words? 500 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,840 Right, er, good. Thanks. 501 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,000 Er... 502 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,320 As part of US law enforcement, I'm here to assist in the search 503 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:59,040 and investigation of key evidence. 504 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:03,240 I hear the cockpit audio is almost ready and... 505 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:04,480 ..that's good. 506 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,240 This will be our best means of finding out what happened. 507 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:10,880 - Excuse me, Mr Thurman, I have a question. - Go ahead. 508 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,160 Uh-huh? 509 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,480 FBI's a domestic agency, right? 510 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,760 What area of jurisdiction do you expect to have over here? 511 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:21,240 Well, that depends. 512 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:25,760 Nearly 200 Americans lost their lives. 513 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,960 We need the black box to tell us how. 514 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,360 I'd also like to say 515 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:36,480 that hundreds of your colleagues are already out there searching, 516 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,960 and we know you're going to see some unpleasant sights out there. 517 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,320 Just be prepared, all right? 518 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,080 Do your job as best you can. 519 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,360 - Just over there. - Aye. 520 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:43,920 Steven? It's, er... 521 00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,800 ..Ed McCusker. 522 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,880 Have you had any food? 523 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,360 - Got this. - Right, OK, make sure you get something. 524 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:55,600 Look after yourself. 525 00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,560 You all right? 526 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:00,920 Mm. 527 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:06,400 Is your brother coming? 528 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,480 He's, erm... 529 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,080 He's not here yet. 530 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:11,960 OK. 531 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:13,920 Is there anyone we can call in the meantime? 532 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,000 Any family, friends? 533 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,280 M-Maybe the Harleys. 534 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,560 OK. 535 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,920 I was, er... 536 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,320 ..in the garage at the Edwards' when it hit. 537 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:31,480 Just across the road. 538 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,640 Maybe they weren't in the house. 539 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,280 Mum, Dad, Joanne. 540 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,480 I'm sorry, mate, I-I don't think anyone... 541 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:50,520 You don't know. 542 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,160 No-one knows anything. 543 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,080 I'll get answers. 544 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,000 OK? I promise. 545 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,680 Sorry. You're wanted in Orr's office. 546 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,640 OK, all right. Just give me a second. 547 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,320 I'm really sorry, Steven, I really am. 548 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,160 I need you to track down the Harley family in Lockerbie. 549 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,600 - Make it a priority, OK? - Understood. 550 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,960 So, Mr Charles, am I right in thinking that, 551 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,040 if it is engine failure... 552 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,240 ..we'll hear a Mayday? 553 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:40,000 Usually, yes. 554 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,480 We synchronised the audio of the plane's last minutes 555 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,080 with the Shanwick tape. 556 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,760 Are you ready? 557 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,360 Shanwick, good evening. 558 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,640 It's Clipper one zero three. 559 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,560 Clipper one zero three, Shanwick. 560 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,760 Roger, we are requesting a random track - 561 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,880 three one zero, decimal, eight four. 562 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,600 Clipper one zero three, Shanwick copy. Standby. 563 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,360 Clipper one zero three, Shanwick, your clearance. 564 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:04,120 This is Clipper one zero three... 565 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,280 STATIC NOISE 566 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,080 HIGH-PITCHED HISS 567 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:19,200 That loud, thin noise is the final recorded cockpit sound. 568 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,200 No Mayday. 569 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,080 Pilot never saw it coming. 570 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,000 Surely, then, this confirms that it was a bomb? 571 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,160 It isn't conclusive, but in past cases, yes, it would mean that. 572 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,480 Right. Thanks, Mr Charles. 573 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,440 I need to get out in the field, 574 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,560 see if any debris points to a bomb. 575 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,440 How long will it take to assess? 576 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,040 That depends. 577 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,960 I'm sure it does. On what? 578 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:45,360 I can explore debris in the impact zone tonight 579 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:49,000 if someone can drive me further afield at first light. 580 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,320 I can pick you up. 581 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:52,560 Thank you. 582 00:42:16,240 --> 00:42:17,800 Something else, huh? 583 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,760 - Goodnight. - Night, Sandy. 584 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,000 You can't be inside the cordon. I'm sorry. 585 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:42,800 Are you a...? You're a policeman? 586 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,960 Yeah. DS Sandy Gay. How can I help? 587 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,600 Please, we just want to know what's happened to our son. 588 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,480 Right. His name is Tim, it's Tim Burman. Look. 589 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,440 We know he was on board, we think we know, 590 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:55,280 - but has he been found? - We're not being told anything. 591 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:56,920 Look, I'm sorry. 592 00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,080 We're still in emergency mode here. 593 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,880 There's unlikely to be any info yet, but we... 594 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,400 ..don't think that anyone has, or could have, come through this. 595 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,240 - Where are they taking passengers? - Well... - I just want to see him. 596 00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:12,840 Please, I just want to see my boy. 597 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,440 I'm a nurse, I've seen bodies before. 598 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,880 I mean, what if he's just out there? 599 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,040 What if he's out there, alone in the cold? 600 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,720 SHE SOBS 601 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,920 HE SIGHS 602 00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:45,280 You former military? 603 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,520 I was. Army. 604 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,840 Non-combat, I'm guessing? 605 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,080 You'd think, but no. 606 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,400 Bomb disposal. 607 00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,120 Oh, sorry, I shouldn't have... 608 00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,360 No need to apologise. 609 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,440 I was a whole different person back then. 610 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,200 But I never saw this happen to a town. 611 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,840 Echo to DS McCusker. 612 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,040 DS McCusker. 613 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,160 AAIB have debris of interest at Carruthers Farm. 614 00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:18,760 Request Tom Thurman to attend. 615 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,080 Understood. 616 00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,040 Mr Thurman, you're needed elsewhere. 617 00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:46,400 Mr Thurman, your opinion, please. 618 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,240 What's this now? 619 00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:50,640 From a luggage pallet from the hold? 620 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,120 Think so. 621 00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:53,480 Part of the rail, perhaps. 622 00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,120 Yeah. Blackening, scorching, 623 00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,400 bubbling here. 624 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:02,320 Foreign matter embedded tends to point to a high-energy event. 625 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:03,680 This is crucial evidence. 626 00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:05,280 You need to get it tested today. 627 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:08,800 I'll get it choppered to RARDE now. 628 00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:12,360 OK. 629 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,200 What are you thinking? 630 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,280 This, plus the lack of a distress call... 631 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,920 ..I think someone bombed this plane out the sky. 632 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,600 Neil. 633 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:34,840 Yeah? 634 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:37,880 Tom thinks it was an attack. 635 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,040 Right, get on top of it with the Scots. 636 00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,800 - I'll get ahead of it with the White House. - OK. - Dick? - Yeah. 637 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:46,920 You're on this case now. 638 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,960 - Nothing else. You got it? - Got it. 639 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:51,400 World's watching. 640 00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,120 I want to express our sorrow and our concern 641 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,360 for the families and friends of those who died in the crash 642 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,640 of the Pan American Flight 103. 643 00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,200 There are many difficult aspects of this tragedy, 644 00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,520 but none so compelling as the anguish of those families 645 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,560 who will not have their loved ones 646 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,520 with them this Christmas season. 647 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:20,200 Ah. Right. 648 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,320 You look frozen, son. 649 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:26,480 Here. 650 00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:33,120 Hey, lads. 651 00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,240 Now, what else can we do, gentlemen? 652 00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:48,960 It's our town. 653 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,920 Well, I'm sure everybody's appreciating the cakes. 654 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:55,160 - How's the family? Are they all safe, all well? - Mostly. 655 00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:57,400 Ella's house was hit. 656 00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:00,280 Plane parts and a number of passengers. 657 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,240 Aye. But I wasnae hurt. 658 00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:06,000 All those poor people, I'll never forget it. 659 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,040 We just want to help. 660 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,280 Even if it is just more cakes. 661 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,640 Aye, well, if you can provide some clean, dry uniforms 662 00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,560 for the searchers tomorrow, I'm sure they'll be grateful. 663 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,040 Aye. Well, we can do that. 664 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:22,440 Yes. Go on, then, help yourself. Fresh meat pies up there. 665 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,520 - Oh, you've got pies? - Aye. 666 00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,000 Thank you. 667 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,320 PHONE RINGS IN DISTANCE 668 00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:51,440 - Hello? - Hi, Dick Marquise, FBI. 669 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,280 Ed McCusker, CID. 670 00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:58,960 I am trying to get through to a Mr Orr. 671 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:00,880 Could you patch me through to his direct line? 672 00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,960 Patch? No, no. I'm just on a school phone. 673 00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:08,440 OK. Erm, I'm a terrorist specialist in HQ, 674 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:10,560 intel, not ops. 675 00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:12,920 You need to speak directly to Mr Orr. 676 00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:15,480 Looks like we're going to be ready to start interviewing families 677 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:16,960 as early as tomorrow. 678 00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:18,320 Er, wait a minute. 679 00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:21,680 Over there, you mean? 680 00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:23,800 I assume you're talking about Americans? 681 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,200 No, everybody. 682 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,400 OK. Listen... 683 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,360 ..Dick, a lot of people here are in shock. 684 00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,040 OK? They're grieving. 685 00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:36,960 They have lost just about everything. 686 00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:38,920 Well, we know our work, and we do it well. 687 00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:41,160 You can trust us and our experience. 688 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,840 But I do need to speak to Mr Orr immediately, 689 00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:47,320 so do you have a pen, at least, so I can give you my number? 690 00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:49,320 Aye. Go ahead. 691 00:49:51,720 --> 00:49:54,280 - Boss. - Aye, what is it? 692 00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:56,480 Dick Marquise at the FBI called. 693 00:49:59,080 --> 00:50:03,120 RARDE think the debris bears traces of PETN and RDX, 694 00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:05,480 components of explosive material. 695 00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:07,160 Semtex. 696 00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,800 Right, then we need to work fast logging debris and belongings. 697 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,920 We can't log it all manually, not at this volume. 698 00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,240 Well, bring in computers down from Glasgow, Strathclyde, wherever. 699 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:15,800 We'll use the HOLMES database. 700 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:17,760 Who do you have trained in that system? 701 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,240 - Him. - You trained in HOLMES? 702 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,800 - Aye. - Put together a HOLMES team. 703 00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,960 - Create a database for all the key evidence, all right? - Clear. 704 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:30,640 Aye. Who else? 705 00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:32,160 Sandy Gay. 706 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:33,800 Aye, he's got a terrific memory. 707 00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,120 - Be good to have him statement-reading. - Fine. 708 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,280 Let's go. 709 00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:50,600 PHONE RINGS 710 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:52,120 This is Dick Marquise. 711 00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:54,960 Mr Marquise, DCS Orr here. 712 00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:59,080 - Mr Orr. - Yeah, good to connect. - Yeah. 713 00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,920 We're glad to have your help in a supporting role. 714 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,800 And, er, and when you say a "supporting role"...? 715 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:09,360 Perhaps you've not heard. 716 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:11,960 The Prime Minister has just confirmed that this is, 717 00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:13,800 in fact, Scotland's case, 718 00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:15,920 not London's, not America's. 719 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,440 That's not to say that you and Mr Thurman 720 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:20,160 won't be playing a crucial role. 721 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:24,600 Mr Thurman especially has already proved himself to be very valuable. 722 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:26,000 Well, that's wonderful. 723 00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:30,520 Tom mentioned there was a passenger of interest at Heathrow. 724 00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:34,320 Mr Basuta. He's no longer in our enquiries. 725 00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:35,680 His story holds up. 726 00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:40,840 Which leaves us with 270 murder cases to solve. 727 00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:42,480 And no clear suspect. 728 00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:45,440 Indeed. 729 00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:51,440 Tonight here in Lockerbie, the town is settling down as best it can 730 00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:54,680 to a tragedy which has destroyed Christmas for the community. 731 00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:57,880 Local people say they can hardly find the words to express 732 00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:01,040 their grief at a catastrophe many of them actually witnessed. 733 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:02,680 "Like an earthquake," said one. 734 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:05,400 "The sky seemed to be raining fire," said another, 735 00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:07,720 "The day none of us will ever forget." 736 00:52:07,720 --> 00:52:11,400 We didn't know what happened. It was all chaos. 737 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:15,160 And then, out the window, all this debris raining down. 738 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:16,680 I saw this great fireball, 739 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,120 and then, just flames everywhere. 740 00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:20,480 It seemed to go on forever. 741 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:24,200 It was like hell, the whole road burning. 742 00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,880 SHE SIGHS 743 00:52:56,320 --> 00:53:01,720 744 00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:09,040 745 00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:17,320 746 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:22,840 747 00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:30,760 748 00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:36,480 749 00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:44,080 750 00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:52,080 751 00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:56,360 So much has been broken here. 752 00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:03,360 But we're about to find out who we are as a community... 753 00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:06,320 ..and who did this. 754 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:12,600 We will piece together the truth... 755 00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:15,480 ..as to what happened here. 756 00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:20,440 And we will bring the perpetrators, I promise you... 757 00:54:23,720 --> 00:54:25,640 ..whoever they are, wherever they are, 758 00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:27,160 we will bring them to justice. 759 00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:36,240 This was an act of war. 760 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,080 And now, we have to find out who we're fighting.