On December 21, 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, as it traveled from London to New York City. All 259 people on board were killed, and 11 individuals on the ground also died. While sifting through the massive debris field, investigators found items that indicated a bomb had been detonated. It was eventually determined that the bomb had been constructed with the odorless plastic explosive Semtex and was hidden in a cassette player that was stored in a suitcase. The investigation later implicated two Libyan intelligence agents. In 2001 Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi was convicted of the bombing, while Lamin Khalifa Fhimah was acquitted. In 2022 Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud, the alleged bomb-maker, was taken into U.S. custody.
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