Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was tried alongside Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi over the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. While Megrahi was convicted of mass murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001, Fhimah was found not guilty.

Fhimah had worked for Libyan Airlines in Malta before the bombing and consistently denied involvement. His death was announced by the airline on Facebook.

The two men were handed over for trial at a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands following years of UN sanctions against Libya. Megrahi died in 2012 after being released on compassionate grounds by the Scottish government.

Fhimah was implicated again in 2022 after the FBI alleged that Abu Agila Masud, a former Libyan intelligence officer now facing trial in the US, had confessed to taking part in the bombing with Fhimah and Megrahi.

Masud denies making the bomb and says the alleged confession was obtained under duress. His trial in Washington is due to begin in January – after having been delayed for a third time.