Herbert Swire ( born 1936 ) , best known as Jim Swire , is an English doctor best known for his involvement in the aftermath of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 , in which his daughter Flora was killed . Swire lobbied toward a solution for the difficulties in bringing suspects in the original bombing to trial , and later advocated for the retrial and release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi , the originally convicted suspect in the case . Swire also carried a fake bomb onto an aircraft as a demonstration of lax security
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Jim Swire