Definition of "Lockerbie"

So is it not prudent to install metal detectors in airports to try to prevent Lockerbies and Oklahoma Cities?

1996, Joseba Zulaika, William A. Douglass, Terror and taboo: the follies, fables, and faces of terrorism, page 9

Complete bag matching on originating flights would not prevent another Lockerbie and was implemented because it was feasible and minimized delays. Nail clippers on board an aircraft were not permitted for a time,...

2003, Roger W. Cobb, David M. Primo, The plane truth: airline crashes, the media, and transportation policy

The hidden book - written by Abdullah Azzam - was discovered after they swooped to arrest the monster days before his plan to stage seven Lockerbies.

2009 September 12, Nick Parker, “Haringey let kid live with bomber”, in The Sun‎