Bbc breakfast guest breaks down in tears during 'difficult' interview

A FAMILY MEMBER OF A LOCKERBIE VICTIM RECALLED WAVING HER SISTER OFF FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE HER FLIGHT, AND THE "LIVELY, VIBRANT AND LOUD" WOMAN SHE WAS. MEGHNA AMIN 08:39, 03

Jun 2025 A guest on BBC Breakfast was moved to tears during Tuesday's programme as she recounted the devastating impact of the Lockerbie tragedy on her family. Ahead of a new

documentary that shares the stories of the families and friends of some of the victims of the bombing, it was revealed that her sister Olive was 25 years old when she purchased a last-minute

ticket on Pan Am 103, intending to fly to New York for some Christmas shopping. On 21 December 1988, a bomb detonated in the plane's cargo hold, causing the Boeing 747 to disintegrate

at 31,000ft, resulting in the death of all 259 passengers and crew on board, as well as 11 people in Lockerbie who were killed when the plane crashed into their homes. Olive's body was

one of the first to be recovered, and her family has now spoken about how "hard" her death was to process. Her sister Donna joined Sally Nugent and Jon Kay on BBC Breakfast,

expressing her ongoing distress decades later. Donna remembered waving her sister off for the last time before her flight, describing Olive as a "lively, vibrant, and loud" woman.

"When she waved goodbye to me, I thought that was it, and I'd hear from her when she got back," Donna said. Article continues below READ MORE: Britain's Got Talent

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recalled being instructed to meet her sister at a meeting point, assuming Olive would have missed her flight or changed her mind about going. "What might have been if timings had

worked out differently,' Jon said. Donna recounted the "emotional" experience of returning to Lockerbie, noting: "What was amazing about it as well was when we got there,

the people of Lockerbie, the dedication they had put into helping strangers that they don't know... the love and the care they put into even putting up a room full of collages and

memories, there's so much that happened behind the scenes." Donna's daughter also highlighted the significance of the documentary for "remembering the victims, because

obviously there's a lot of other stories that come through in other documentaries but this one was simply focusing on Olive and other victims of the tragedy." She also said:

"It's important that they're remembered because they were people, and they had stories and goals, and families who loved them." During the moving conversation, when Donna

spoke about the tragedy and the moment she learned where her sister's body had been found, she became overwhelmed with emotion, prompting viewers to describe the interview as

"difficult". A viewer commented: "Why are they putting this poor woman through this? She's clearly not ready to talk about this..." Article continues below Another

expressed that it was a "difficult interview", with someone else mentioning it was "sad". Someone else reflected: "37 years on and she still can't talk about

it." BBC BREAKFAST IS BROADCAST ON WEEKDAYS STARTING AT 6AM ON BBC ONE AND IPLAYER.