Newspaper

Letter in the Tehran Times November 01 1995. Special ceremonies to mark the martyrdom of Fathi Shaqaqi

Documentation

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
Annex 6
TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVAITION

Part 1
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
AIR TRANSPORT – AEROPLANES
Sixth edition of Part 1 July 1995

Newspaper

Article by Issam Hamza, published in The Times, Malta on November 01 1995 reporting on the body of Fathi Shqaqi being flown to Damascus

Newspaper

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine complained yesterday that Israel had refused to let it bring back the body of it’s assassinated leader, Fathi Shqaqi for burial in his native town of Rafah in self ruled Gaza.

Newspaper

KUMPANIJA TA’ AJRUPLANI MWAQQFA MILLI TOPERA. Excelair was stopped the 1st Hall of the Civil Court presided by judge Geoffrey Valenzia after a mandate against Excelair was made by Euro Serv Ltd. This mandate stated that Excelair was operating trips to Djerba in Tunisia after the trips by sea between Malta and Libya had been cancelled contrary to agreement that existed between the two companies

Newspaper

KUMPANIJA TA’ AJRUPLANI MWAQQFA MILLI TOPERA. Excelair was stopped the 1st Hall of the Civil Court presided by judge Geoffrey Valenzia after a mandate against Excelair was made by Euro Serv Ltd. This mandate stated that Excelair was operating trips to Djerba in Tunisia after the trips by sea between Malta and Libya had been cancelled contrary to agreement that existed between the two companies

Newspaper

by : Sharon SpiteriThe Times, Malta : November 9th 1995 The police have received information from Interpol detailing how the assassins of an Islamic Jihad leader killed in Malta last month left the island. Police sources told The Times the information was sent on Monday night but would not reveal the contents of the message […]

Newspaper

Article pubished in KullHadd newspaper discussing people travelling to work in Libya via Tunisia. This article suggests that one pilot (may be Bartolo) in particular is not licensed

Fax, Irish Government, Maltese Government, Search

Fax from Sonia Cassar, Secretary to Mr. Tony Cassar, Hon Consul For Ireland notifying of the disappearance of flight 9H-ABU

Newspaper

Article published in the Belfast Telegraph Newspaper on 5th December 1995. Reports that local man Dessie Boomer was on a flight that went missing in a storm in the Mediterranean.

Newspaper

Single-engine plane vanishes in Med stormBy Tanya Acheson : December 5th 1995 THE son of a former SDLP councillor is one of six people missing and feared dead in a Mediterranean plane crash. Dessie Boomer, 39, a diesel mechanic, was on board the single engined plane on a 75 minute flight from Tunisia to Malta […]

Documentation

Report that a distress signal from a disused airfield east of Tripoli picked up by satellite cospas signal VHF-2121-5 via Toulouse. 3rd December 1995

Newspaper

Email from Cecilia Pellegrini regarding an article in Kullhadd regarding he Maltese authorities being aware of commercial flights being offered out of Malta on planes flown by pilots who do not have a commercial license

Fax, Inquiry

Fax sent 12 December 1995 from Carol Zammit-Briffa Secretary f/ Hon. Consul to Cormac Boomer informing that Anthony Mangion, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Transport has set up the Public Enquiry, Dr. Philip Sciberas LL.D. has been appointed the Commissioner.

Documentation, Inquiry

Flight manifest presented to Board Of Inquiry, showing a hand written list of the passengers. Dated 03 dec 1995

Family, Fax

Letter from Niamh Ryan Irish Consulate to Cormac Boomer on 14 December 1995 detailing conversations with Lieutenant Colonel Vassallo

Documentation, Search, Theory

II ANALYSIS In the absecnce of any information re wreckage and people it is diffioull to proceed with a detailed analysis of the circumstances leading to the disappearance. However there arecertain indications leading to suppose that the aircraft sent out a distress signal picked up by the ship “Supply Asperay” in navigation towards SFAX and […]

Irish Government

Letter from Cormac Boomer to Mr. Sean O’Higgins, Head of Department, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin. Details the sequence of events from first hearing news of the disappearance up to the statement made by Andrew Williams that he had spoken to a government official who informed him that the plane was tracked to Tripoli, Libya

Documentation, Inquiry

Report published by the Tunisian Ministry Of Transport in to the disappearance of flight 9H-ABU in December 1995

Irish Government, Letter

Letter from Niamh Ryan Irish Consulate to Cormac Boomer, Dr. Malcolm Pace challenging the impartiality of the Board Of Inquiry

Newspaper

Article published in the Malta Business Weekly, on April 11th 1996. Discusses the possible link between Shqaqi and the disappearance of 9H-ABU

Letter, Maltese Government

FACSIMILE DOCUMENT LEADER Consular Division FORIEGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE FAX NUMBER : 071-2704 1134 Page 1 of 1 Date: 15 Apr 1996 FROM: Jem Convery TELEPHONE NO: 071 270 4125 TO : Mr. Geoff Williams CC : Mr. Frank Dobson, Heron & Dobson Solicitors Dear Mr. Williams Further to our earlier conversation, I attach a […]

Inquiry

Aviation Incident Enquiry, Court Of Enquiry 05 June 1996, Evidence of Mr. Edmund Mangion

Newspaper

Sharon Spiteri June 6th 1996 The pilot on board the light plane which went missing on its way here from Djerba decided to fly passengers to and from Tunisia for free a few hours before he left Malta, the inquiry heard yesterday. The revelation came as the managing director of Unique Travel took the witness […]

Inquiry, Letter

DIPARTIMENT TA L-AVJAZZJONI CIVILI AJRUPORT TA’HAL-LUQAMALTA CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT LUQA AIRPORTMALTA Our Ref.  DCA/TNV/222Your Ref. Tel: 249170 Tlx: 1654 CAMLT MWF Fax: 356 239278 6 June 1996 Mr M Taieb Director General Civil Aviation Tunisia Dear Sir INCIDENT INVOLVING PA32, 9H-ABU ON 3 DECEMBER 1995 I would like to inform you that a public inquiry […]

Inquiry, Newspaper

Article by Sharon Spiteri in The Times Malta reporting on communications between Tunisian ATC (air traffic control) and the pilot of 9H-ABU

Inquiry

Aviation Incident Enquiry, Court Of Enquiry 06 June 1996, Evidence of Mr. Joe Sultana

Documentation, Inquiry, Search

Aviation Incident Inquiry – Evidence of Lieutenant Colonel Carmel Vassallo under oath. Date: 27th June 1996

Inquiry, Uncategorized

Aviation Incident Enquiry, Court Of Enquiry 27 June 1996, Evidence of Major Joseph Mifsud

Inquiry

Aviation Incident Inquiry Chairman : Dr. Philip Sciberras LL.D. Members : Captain Franz Sturmeir P Mr Louis Giordimaina Date: 2nd July 1996 of Major Robert Buttigieg under oath. Dr. Borg Barthet : What is your work capacity? Maj. R. Buttigieg : My name is Robert Buttigieg and I work as an Assistant Senior Air Traffic […]

Inquiry, Letter

Letter from Board Of Inquiry inviting Rodney Wood to contribute to the inquiry

Newspaper

Newspaper article by Nigel Gould, Belfast Telegraph. Interview with Mandy Boomer discussing the tape recording that could hold the key to the truth behind the baffling disappearance in Tunisia nearly a year ago

Uncategorized

Letter from Rodney Wood in response to questions asked by the Board Of Inquiry

Newspaper

This newspaper article, published on November 28th 1996 in The Times, Malta, was forward to Cormac Boomer by AFM Warrant Officer Denis Caruana. Denis also included a newspaper cutting of the anniversary notice from the Aqualina family

Uncategorized

Letter sent by J. Brincat to the attorney general requesting clarification on the offer of assistance by Mrs Margaret Napolitan

Newspaper

Newspaper article in Sunday Life by Stephanie Bell. Interview with Mandy Boomer on the 2nd anniversary of the disappearance of her husband on flight 9HABU.

Inquiry

Notes taken by Cormac Boomer during the session where Paul Lehman presented evidence to the Inquiry

Newspaper, Theory

It was an emotional moment for the people who lost their husbands, fathers and sons in the tragedy and the viewing was held privately at their request

Inquiry, Letter

Letter sent by Geoff Williams on 15th July 1999 to the Maltese Board of Inquiry, includes his signed affidavit regarding the statement by Andrew Williams that he was informed the plane had been tracked to Tripoli

Documentation, Search, Theory

A letter from Cormac Boomer to Interpol detailing on-going search for Desmond or at least some factual information regarding the nature of the tragedy which befell him and his fellow passengers on 2nd/3rd of December, 1995