Civil Aviation Forum | lockerbie bomber dies

According to reports the lockerbie bomber who killed 270 people on Pan Am 103 has died this morning of cancer.RIP all the 270 people he killed.Bryan.

Despite how evil he was. No-one deserves to die and ezpecially not how he did. If a father who's son was one of those lost in the Lockerbie bombing can forgive him and travel to Libya to meet him and become, I use this term loosely, friends, then why cant we? He was simply a man who was lead the wrong way by a certain Colonel Gaddafi.

My thoughts are with his family and with the families of the deceased.

It's Easier for some than for others, as Is everything I suppose..but I do agree with you.

Im not trying to start a debate and I understand what your saying,but my feelings are he planted the bomb that killed these innocent people.I know his family had nothing to do with it so yes im sorry for them However did you feel the s!me when bin ladan got killed?.Like I said I'm not trying to start a debate or upset people,just saying how I feel.I went to the memorial in lockerbie,and its very moving seeing all those names of innocent people who were killed and to see how many people from all over the world who have sighed the book of condolance.Bryan.

Not wanting to start a debate, but as a regular reader of Private Eye I can say that the evidence used to convict Al Megrahi was not particularly flawless. There is a chance that he may have been innocent.

Pole hill sid, I believe that I heard something along those lines too. Or that, even if he did it was on the orders of Colonel Gaddafi.

Another waste of oxygen gone

About right Sam. This man was evil and didnt care.

Everybody dies Martin!!

I note that many of you don't wish to debate this. Fair enough but for the sake of balance I feel a few points do need to be made.

Not sure who you are referring to Martin, but Jim Swire, who lost his daughter at Lockerbie got to know Megrahi. This was due to his belief that Megrahi may have been innocent. See this link.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147110/Lockerbie-bomber-Al-Megrahi-dead-health-rapidly-deteriorates-Libya.html

I think there is so much more to this than just Gaddaffi.I have had grave doubts about Megrahi's conviction from the start. See this;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147838/I-prove-Lockerbie-bomber-INNOCENT.html

No offence intended to anyone who has previously contributed to the above 'debate', but I have locked this thread because I am by no means convinced that the innocence, or otherwise, of the said Mr Megrahi is an appropriate topic for discussion on what is, after all, supposed to be an aviation-oriented website.