Following discussions in London in May 2008 , US and Libyan officials agreed to start negotiations to resolve all outstanding bilateral compensation claims , including those relating to UTA Flight 772 , the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing and Pan Am Flight 103 . On 14 August 2008 , a US-Libya compensation deal was signed in Tripoli by US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch and Libya 's Foreign Ministry head of America affairs , Ahmed al-Fatroui . The agreement covers 26 lawsuits filed by American citizens against Libya , and three by Libyan citizens in respect of the US bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi in April 1986 which killed at least 40 people and injured 220 . In October 2008 Libya paid $ 1.5 billion into a fund which will be used to compensate relatives of the
UTA Flight 772
UTA Flight 772
Pan Am Flight 103