Scots traumatised by the Lockerbie bombing have been urged to come forward by the FBI before the trial of a man suspected of building the bomb.
The US crime-fighting bureau has launched an international search for victims of the bombing, including people who suffered “emotional injury”.
It comes 35 years after the atrocity in which a total of 270 people were killed.
Abu Agila Masud has denied making the device that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over the town on December 21, 1988.
A judge in the US federal court where the trial is taking place is considering whether to allow remote access for people directly affected by the case.
The FBI is now trying to find everyone who meets a legal definition of victims of the bombing and wants to watch the trial online.
Pan Am Flight 103 was brought down as it flew from London to New York.
All 259 passengers and crew on board the airliner died, along with 11 Lockerbie residents who were killed when wreckage fell on their homes.
Masud is due to stand trial before a jury in Washington next May.
Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died on the plane, welcomed the decision to define people who witnessed what happened in Lockerbie as victims of the bombing if they suffered harm.
He said: “Those affected by any disaster should never be restricted from access to the consequences of that disaster.”
Two-thirds of those who died on the plane were American.
In total, 43 British citizens were killed along with people from 19 other countries.
The harrowing aftermath of the crash was witnessed by many residents of the town and surrounding area.
The bodies of people from the plane were found in Lockerbie and scattered across fields and hills.
They were collected by hundreds of police officers and personnel from the military, emergency services, local authorities and voluntary groups.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said they were continuing to support the US Department of Justice and the FBI in the prosecution of Masud.
Megrahi protested his innocence but his conviction was upheld twice by the appeal court.