Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70 - BBC News

A Facebook post by Libyan Airlines announced the death of Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah and expressed the company's condolences to his family.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fhimah being escorted to a court hearing in 1992

Scotland home affairs correspondentPublished26 August 2026, 07:21 BSTUpdated 7 hours agoA Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70.

Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988.

He was found not guilty but a second Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted of playing a key role in the bombing of the American airliner.

A Facebook post by Libyan Airlines announced Fhimah's death and expressed the company's condolences to his family.