Desmond Boomer
A head and shoulders picture of Desmond Boomer
Desmond was a 39 year old Belfast born, engineer working in the Libyan oil fields
Matthew Aquilina
A head and shoulders picture of Matthew Aquilina
Matthew was a 22 year old Maltese national returning to Malta
Michael Williams
A picture of Michael Williams
Michael was a 49 year old English born engineer and manager of rock band 'The Characters'
Tadeusz Gorney
Tadeusz Gorney - no picture is available of Tadeusz
Tadeusz was a 48 year Polish national working in the Libyan oil fields
Philip Farrugia
Philip Farrugia - no picture is available of Tadeusz
Philp was a 43 year old Maltese national returning to Malta
Carmel Bartolo
A head and shoulders picture of Carmel Bartolo
Carmel was a 47 year Maltese national and the pilot of flight 9H-ABU

FOI 2026-09154 Delayed Responses

7 Apr 2026 | Documentation, FOI, FOI-UK, Search, UK Government

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from: Historical Information Rights <no-reply@fcdo.ecase.co.uk>
reply-to: Historical Information Rights <historical.information.rights@fcdo.gov.uk>
to: mark.boomer@9habu.com
date: Apr 7, 2026, 3:25 PM
subject: Request for information - Ref: FOI2026/09154

Dear Mark Boomer

Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We received your request on 7th April. It has been assigned a unique reference number FOI2026/09154. We aim to respond by 6th May 2026.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights Unit
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office


from: Historical Information Rights <historical.information.rights@fcdo.gov.uk>
to: "mark.boomer@9habu.com" <mark.boomer@9habu.com>
date: May 7, 2026, 12:58 PM
subject: FOI2026/09154

OFFICIAL - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Dear Mr Boomer,

We are writing regarding your FOI request FOI2026/09154. We apologise for the delay in your request.

We are continuing to work on your case and we will be in touch on 4 June, or even sooner with a reply or further update.

Yours sincerely,

Historical Information Rights Team
Knowledge and Information Management Services
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

This email is intended for the addressee(s) only: All messages sent and received by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office may be monitored in line with relevant UK legislation


from: Historical Information Rights <historical.information.rights@fcdo.gov.uk>
to:
"mark.boomer@9habu.com" <mark.boomer@9habu.com>
date: Jun 4, 2026, 1:51 PM
subject: FOI2026/09154

OFFICIAL - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Dear Mr Boomer,

We are writing regarding your FOI request FOI2026/09154. We apologise for the delay in your request.

We are continuing to work on your case and we will be in touch on 2 June, or even sooner with a reply or further update.

Yours sincerely,

Historical Information Rights Team
Knowledge and Information Management Services
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

This email is intended for the addressee(s) only: All messages sent and received by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office may be monitored in line with relevant UK legislation


from: Historical Information Rights <historical.information.rights@fcdo.gov.uk>
to: "mark.boomer@9habu.com" <mark.boomer@9habu.com>
date: Jul 2, 2026, 2:22 PM
subject: FOI2026/09154

OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE

Dear Mr Boomer,

We are writing regarding your FOI request FOI2026/09154. We apologise for the delay in your request.

We are continuing to work on your case and we will be in touch on 31 July, or even sooner with a reply or further update.

Yours sincerely,

Historical Information Rights Team
Knowledge and Information Management Services
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

This email is intended for the addressee(s) only: All messages sent and received by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office may be monitored in line with relevant UK legislation


from: Historical Information Rights <historical.information.rights@fcdo.gov.uk>
to: "mark.boomer@9habu.com" <mark.boomer@9habu.com>
date: Jul 31, 2026, 5:02 PM
subject: FOI2026/09154

OFFICIAL - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Dear Mr Boomer,

We are writing regarding your FOI request FOI2026/09154. We apologise for the delay in your reque

We are continuing to work on your case and we will be in touch on 1 September, or even sooner with a reply or further update.

Yours sincerely,

Historical Information Rights Team
Knowledge and Information Management Services
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

This email is intended for the addressee(s) only: All messages sent and received by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office may be monitored in line with relevant UK legislation


from: Historical Information Rights <historical.information.rights@fcdo.gov.uk>
to: "mark.boomer@9habu.com" <mark.boomer@9habu.com>Wed, Sep 30, 3:39 PM

Dear Mark Boomer,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request FOI2026/09154, received 7th April. Please find our response attached.

Yours sincerely,

Historical Information Rights Team
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office


Information Rights
to: "mark.boomer@9habu.com"
date: Oct 2, 2026, 2:11 PM

subject: RE: FOI Request - Ref: FOI2026/09154

OFFICIAL

Dear Mark Boomer,

Thank you for your email. We recognise that it took an unreasonable amount of time to process your FOI requests under references FOI2026/09154 and FOI2026/13934, and we sincerely apologise for this. Our team has been working through a backlog of requests, and this has resulted in responses taking longer than they should at the moment.

Our responses confirmed that following a search, we had concluded that no information was held that was relevant to your requests. In answer to your request for clarification on the phrase “relevant to your request”, this means that we have conducted a reasonable and proportionate search of our records for information about the event of interest to you, covering the time period you requested.

If you wish to request a review of the responses you have received, please find the details of how to do so in our letters.

Yours sincerely,

Historical Information Rights Team
Information Rights Unit