Thursday, August 27, 2026 -Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, the Libyan man acquitted over the Lockerbie bombing, has died aged 70, more than three decades after he was cleared of involvement in the attack.
Fhimah stood trial alongside Abdelbaset al-Megrahi over the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people when the aircraft exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988. His death was announced by his former employer, Libyan Airlines, which expressed condolences to his family.
Fhimah, who had worked as a Libyan Airlines station manager in Malta, consistently denied involvement in the bombing.
In 2001, a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands found him not guilty, while Megrahi was convicted of 270 counts of murder and became the only person convicted over the attack. Fhimah returned to Libya after his acquittal and largely remained out of the international spotlight in the years that followed.
His death comes as the Lockerbie investigation remains active, with a separate U.S. case against alleged bomb-maker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi recently delayed after prosecutors disclosed new evidence.
The trial, which was due to begin in Washington, D.C., has been postponed while the defense reviews the material. For families of the 270 victims, the latest developments underline how questions surrounding the bombing continue to shape the search for answers and accountability nearly four decades later.
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