This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7792119.stm

The article has changed 2 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 0 Version 1
Journalists recall bomb atrocity Journalists recall bomb atrocity
(about 5 hours later)
When Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the skies over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988 it took everyone by surprise, including the media.When Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the skies over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988 it took everyone by surprise, including the media.
Here, four journalists, Willie Johnston, Doug Archibald, Atholl Duncan and Colin Blane, recall their involvement in the worst terrorist atrocity on UK soil.Here, four journalists, Willie Johnston, Doug Archibald, Atholl Duncan and Colin Blane, recall their involvement in the worst terrorist atrocity on UK soil.
I remember the stench of aviation fuel and trailing through unidentified debris - but thankfully, the darkness shielded me from the horrific realities daybreak would revealWillie Johnston | Then BBC Scotland radio reporterI remember the stench of aviation fuel and trailing through unidentified debris - but thankfully, the darkness shielded me from the horrific realities daybreak would revealWillie Johnston | Then BBC Scotland radio reporter
In subsequent days I was deeply affected by witnessing the crashed nose cone and, despairingly, the helicopter ferrying bodies down from the crags behind the churchDoug Archibald | Then reporter Dumfries and Galloway StandardIn subsequent days I was deeply affected by witnessing the crashed nose cone and, despairingly, the helicopter ferrying bodies down from the crags behind the churchDoug Archibald | Then reporter Dumfries and Galloway Standard
In the next few hours and days, many images still haunt me - in one garden, a row of seats from the plane, the passengers sleeping held in by seatbeltsAtholl Duncan | Then BBC Scotland journalist In the next few hours and days, many images still haunt me - in one garden, a row of seats from the plane, the passengers, who had been sleeping, held in by seatbeltsAtholl Duncan | Then BBC Scotland journalist
When I got there, I was, for a few moments, lost for words. I could make out the shape of a curving street but the houses on the western edge of it were no longer thereColin Blane | Then BBC Scotland reporterWhen I got there, I was, for a few moments, lost for words. I could make out the shape of a curving street but the houses on the western edge of it were no longer thereColin Blane | Then BBC Scotland reporter