Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, the Libyan station superintendent best known as a former station manager for Libyan Arab Airlines at Luqa Airport in Malta, died on August 25, 2026, aged 70. Fhimah's passing has drawn attention due to his involvement in a highly publicized trial related to the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. Born in Tripoli on April 4, 1956, Lamin Khalifa Fhimah's life took a dramatic turn when he became embroiled in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial.
The trial, which took place at a special Scottish court at Camp Zeist, acquitted Fhimah in 2001 of 270 counts of murder after accepting evidence that he was in Sweden at the time of the attack. The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing was a devastating event that shook the world.