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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pan Am 103 did not break up immediately.  After the bomb blew a less than 2 foot hole in the fuselage, the nose cone/cockpit peeled away.  Intact.  When it fully disengaged, it struck engine number 3 and fell.  It crashed into the ground largely intact.

The remainder of the airframe separated into 3 pieces.  3.  Not a bazillion.  3.  All of which crashed in almost the same location.

Many of the people on board pan am 103 lived until it hit the ground.

Do you remember the Hawaiian Air incident.  A full third of the airframe skin peeled off and away and the aircraft landed safely.

TWA 800?  A massive explosion, yet large parts of the airframe remained intact until it hit the water.[/quote]

I didn't say anything about a bazillion pieces. Pan Am 103 did break into thousands of pieces, even though there were a few very large chunks. The data I looked at says the front end of the aircraft broke away within 3 seconds of the explosion. It also says this "At this time a loud sound was recorded on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) at 19:02:50. Five radar echoes fanning out appeared, instead of one.[12][13] Comparison of the cockpit voice recorder to the radar returns showed that, eight seconds after the explosion, the wreckage had a 1-nautical-mile (1.9 km) spread."

I don't understand why 3 seconds or 8 seconds would not be considered immediate. [/quote]

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