Hendricks Chapel will host the annual Pan Am Flight 103 memorial service on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. EST. The service will begin in the chapel’s Noble Room, with attendees then processing to the Place of Remembrance.

The service will honor the 270 people, including Syracuse University study abroad students, who were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a terrorist bomb at 2:03 p.m. EST on Dec. 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Chaplains will offer prayers and reflections. The event will also be offered virtually; registration is required to receive the YouTube link.

Personal reflections and memories, which can be submitted upon registration, may be included in the ceremony. Closed captioning will be provided.

Requests for additional accommodations can be made by contacting Hendricks Chapel at chapelevents@syr.edu.

This service is offered in partnership with the Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars, Hendricks Chapel and the Office of Alumni and Constituent Engagement.

Services will also be held on Dec. 21 at the Pan Am 103 memorial cairn at Arlington National Cemetery and in Lockerbie.

The 2025-26 Lockerbie Scholars will also take part in memorial events in Lockerbie on Friday, Dec. 19, including sitting in solidarity for 12 minutes to honor the 11 Lockerbie residents who died in the bombing and 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune.