Who was responsible for Lockerbie?
The US has announced charges against a Libyan suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud has been charged with terrorism-related crimes, Attorney General William Barr said on Monday, 32 years on from the atrocity.
Who was president during the Lockerbie bombing?
President Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan had ordered airstrikes against Libya two years earlier in retaliation for the bombing of a German nightclub frequented by American armed service members.
What was the conclusion reached by the 1990 Presidents Commission on Aviation and Terrorism report on the downing of Pan Am 103?
11: The Washington Post reports that a Central Intelligence Agency assessment of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing has concluded that Iran hired a Damascus-based radical Palestinian faction to carry out the operation.
When was the Lockerbie bombing?
December 21, 1988
Pan Am Flight 103/Start dates
Who is Abu Agila Mohammad?
The suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, is a Libyan intelligence official and is charged with two criminal counts related to the bombing. …
Is the Lockerbie bomber still alive?
Death. Al-Megrahi died at home in Tripoli on 20 May 2012 at the age of 60. His funeral was held the following day, on 21 May. British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking at a NATO summit in Chicago, said that it was a day to think of the victims of “an appalling terrorist act”.
Did anyone survive the Lockerbie air crash?
Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, while the aircraft was in flight over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, it was destroyed by a bomb that had been planted on board, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew in what became known as the Lockerbie bombing….Pan Am Flight 103.
| Bombing | |
|---|---|
| Passengers | 243 |
| Crew | 16 |
| Fatalities | 259 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Who shot down Pan Am Flight 103?