In brief
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan former employee of the airline that linked him to the Lockerbie attack, died at 70. He was formally acquitted by a Scottish court in 2001, while his co‑accused, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted and later freed. The death comes amid renewed interest in the case, with new evidence emerging about suspected accomplices. Fhimah’s funeral is scheduled for Wednesday in Tripoli, and a Facebook post by Libyan Airlines expressed condolences to his family.
Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan man who was formally acquitted of the 1988 Pan‑Am Flight 103 bombing, passed away at the age of 70.
Fhimah was one of two Libyan suspects brought to a Scottish court in The Hague. While the court convicted Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, it found Fhimah not guilty. He had been cleared after a nine‑day trial in 2001, but the case continues to generate new evidence and revived interest.
A Facebook post by Libyan Airlines announced his death and offered condolences to his family. Fhimah, who worked for the carrier in Malta before the 1988 crash, was welcomed home to Libya by former dictator Muammar Gaddafi after his acquittal.
His funeral will be held on Wednesday in Tripoli, Libya’s capital, as friends and family gather to remember a man who lived through a highly controversial case.
