In November 1991 , Megrahi and Fhimah were indicted by the US Attorney General and the Scottish Lord Advocate for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 . Libya refused to extradite the two accused , but held them under armed house arrest in Tripoli , offering to detain them for trial in Libya , as long as all the incriminating evidence was provided . The offer was unacceptable to the US and UK , and there was an impasse for the next three years
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi