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The Latest Breaking News from Pan Am

‘I decided screw it, let’s give it a go’: Richard Branson says airlines were ‘abysmal’ when he started Virgin

Exclusive: In 1984, the Virgin Atlantic founder wondered: ‘will we last more than three or four years?’

The Independent UK

Unbound 100 winner Lauren Stephens travels to Volta Catalunya Femenina focused on petition to make Olympics

'It's never over till it's over' says US Pan American road champion

Cycling News

Neben and Stephens go 1-2 for USA in elite women's time trial at Pan Am Championships

Amber Neben takes back-to-back wins at Continental Championships after recent bronze at US Pro ITT

Cycling News

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The Bombing of Pan Am 103: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 on BBC1 and Netflix follows Lockerbie horror from 1988 and stars Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams, Eddie Marsan, Phyllis Logan and Lauren Lyle.

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: Lorraine Kelly’s highly emotional return to Lockerbie

The presenter revisits the residents she spoke to in 1988 after Pan Am flight 103 was bombed. Plus: Alan Davies launches David Mitchell through the air. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Rochette and White secure 2023 USCX titles - North American Roundup

Canada scores 5 gold in MTB and track events at Pan Am Games, juniors race for free at Stetina's Paydirt, calendar of 18 US national championships set for 2024

Cycling News

New drama will tell story of Lockerbie bombing and subsequent investigation

The six-part factual drama will tell the story of Pan Am flight 103, which was blown up in the sky over Lockerbie in December 1988.

The Independent UK

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Watch this forgotten Margot Robbie TV show pilot online for free

Before Wolf of Wall Street, Margot Robbie starred in this short-lived ABC drama, which is now available to watch for free online.

WhatToWatch

Gaddafi's right hand man claims Al Megrahi 'innocent and used as a scapegoat'

Gaddafi confidante Daad Sharab who visited Abdelbaset al-Megrahi three times in prison hopes his family may finally find “justice” after the arrest of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi

Daily Record

Brit who survived airline hijack confronts man who held him at gunpoint after 36 years

British national Mike Thexton, now 63, was just 27 when his flight returning from Karachi in Pakistan was boarded by a terror cell who wanted to strike Israeli military targets from the skies

Daily Mirror

Brit on 1986 Pan Am plane attack faces terrorist to find out why he spared his life

Mike Thexton was 27 when, after a summer hiking in the Himalayas, the plane he boarded from Karachi, Pakistan was hijacked by a Palestinian terror cell

Daily Mirror

Boeing bids farewell to a transportation icon, delivering the last 747 jumbo jet

Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft.

Chicago Sun-Times

A passenger plane exploded over Lockerbie 34 years ago. Its alleged bombmaker is now in US custody

The arrest of a man known as Mas'ud represents a moment of hope for many of the victims' families of the people on board Pan Am Flight 103 — brought down over the Scottish town of Lockerbie — who have long campaigned for justice to be done on American soil.

ABC News

US accused of illegal abduction of Lockerbie bomb suspect from Libya

Ex-intelligence officer’s family say he was ‘kidnapped’ by militia before being secretly flown out of country

The Guardian - UK

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Al Jazeera

Libya PM admits role in Lockerbie suspect’s transfer

The transfer of a former intelligence explosives expert to the US has prompted anger in Libya.

ABC News

Libyan PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibah admits role in extraditing Lockerbie suspect Abu Agila Mas'ud to US

One of Libya's rival prime ministers has admitted his government was involved in the extradition of a former intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The Independent UK

Libya PM admits role in extraditing Lockerbie suspect to U.S

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers admitted his government was involved in the extradition of a former Libyan intelligence agent to the U_S_ He says the extradition was lawful and his government was cooperating with an ’’international judicial framework to extradite accused citizens.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

Washington Defends ‘Lawfulness’ of Flying Lockerbie Bombing Accused from Tripoli

More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism. The extradition of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi…

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The Independent UK

Rival Libya PM calls for US to release Lockerbie accused

One of Libya’s rival prime ministers has called for the release of the former Libyan intelligence officer accused of making the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing all onboard, after he surfaced in U.S. custody earlier this week

The Guardian - UK

Abduction of Lockerbie bomb suspect ‘agreed with US three months ago’

Mohammed Abouagela Masud was seized by notorious militia after discussions between US and Libyan officials

Evening Standard

Lockerbie bombing suspect will not face death penalty

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi appeared in a federal court in Washington on Monday

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan Accused of Lockerbie Bombing Charged in US Court

An alleged former Libyan intelligence agent accused of making the bomb that blew up a Pan Am jet over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, appeared in a US court Monday to face charges for the deadliest-ever terror attack in Britain. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir al-Marimi, who allegedly worked…

France 24

Lockerbie bombing suspect appears in US court, will not face death penalty

The Guardian - US

Lockerbie bomb suspect in US custody was ‘abducted from home’ by warlord

Mohammed Abouagela Masud accused by US of having set timer for bomb that destroyed the Boeing 747, killing 270 people in 1988

Reuters

The Lockerbie bombing: Who? What? When?

Here is a timeline of main events since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which was back in the news this week with the capture of a Libyan intelligence operative suspected of making the bomb that killed 270 people:

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