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,.
a town in southwest Scotland. Lockerbie became famous when a US plane, known as Pan Am Flight 103, crashed onto the town in 1988, killing 270 people. A Libyan man called Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, was found guilty of the killing and was sentenced to life in prison