Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah, a Libyan who was acquitted in the Lockerbie bombing trial that took place in 2001, has passed away at the age of 70. Fhimah had been accused of playing a role in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988, which resulted in the deaths of 270 people. However, he was found not guilty while another Libyan, Abdulbasset Al Megrahi, was convicted for his involvement in the bombing. Fhimah had previously worked for Libyan Airlines in Malta before the tragic incident. His funeral will take place on Wednesday in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. The charges against Fhimah and Megrahi were initially brought forth by Scotland and the United States in 1991. Years of United Nations sanctions led to the two men being handed over for trial at a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands. In 2001, three judges found Megrahi guilty of mass murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment, but acquitted Fhimah. Megrahi passed away from cancer in 2012, after being released on compassionate grounds by the Scottish government. Fhimah consistently maintained his innocence and was welcomed back to Libya by its late dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. In 2022, it was revealed that FBI investigations implicated Fhimah once more through an alleged confession made by another Libyan who is currently facing trial in the United States. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud Kheir Al-Marimi is said to have admitted to participating in a plot to bomb the plane along with Fhimah and Megrahi, when all three were members of the Libyan intelligence service. Al-Marimi has denied making the bomb that brought down the jumbo jet and claims his confession was made under duress. The contents of Al-Marimi's alleged confession and other new evidence from Libya have led to speculation about a potential second trial for Fhimah over the attack on the airliner. However, pursuing a prosecution in Scotland or the US would have been legally challenging and politically sensitive given his acquittal by the Scottish court in 2001. Al Marimi is set to stand trial in Washington in January, after a federal court judge agreed to postpone the case for a third time at the request of the defense. The delay was not connected to Fhimah's reported death.