A section of the American airliner which exploded over Lockerbie 35 years ago is being transported to the US for the trial of the man accused of making the bomb.
The wreckage from the fuselage of Pan Am Flight 103 will form part of the evidence in the case against Abu Agila Masud. The Libyan has denied making the bomb which destroyed the plane on 21 December 1988. The Boeing 747 Clipper Maid of the Seas broke up at 31,000 ft as it flew from Heathrow to New York.
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