The Libyan government was alleged to have ordered the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Pakistan on 5 September 1986 , which resulted in the deaths of 20 people . The allegation did not come to light until it was reported by '' The Sunday Times '' in March 2004 — days after British Prime Minister Tony Blair paid the first official visit to Tripoli by a Western leader in a generation
Pan Am Flight 73
Pan Am Flight 73
1986 United States bombing of Libya