Jim Swire

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Jim Swire born?1936
2. What nationality was Jim Swire?English
3. What was Jim Swire's job?Doctor
4. Who was Jim Swire?He was a doctor who turned into a strong advocate for safer flying after losing his daughter in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
5. Why did Jim Swire board planes with a bomb replica?He wanted to show how dangerous it could be and push airlines and airports to improve security.

Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing: A terrorist attack in 1988 that destroyed a Boeing 747, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.
Aviation Security Protocols: The established procedures and measures designed to prevent unlawful interference with civil aviation.
Lobbying: The act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in a government by individuals or groups.
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi Case: The controversial legal proceedings and conviction related to the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.