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US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing
Read full article: US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombingFILE - In this Dec. 22, 1988, file photo police and investigators look at what remains of the nose of Pan Am 103 in a field in Lockerbie, Scotland. The Justice Department expects to unseal charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, according to a person familiar with the case. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver, File)WASHINGTON โ The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, according to a person familiar with the case. The New York-bound flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after takeoff from London on Dec. 21, 1988. One man โ former Libyan intelligence official Abdel Baset al-Megrahi โ was convicted in the Netherlands of the bombing, and a second Libyan suspect was acquitted of all charges.