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 IR2021-13949 03 Dec 1995 – 03 Dec 1997

6 Jul 2021 | Documentation, FOI, Irish Government, Search, UK Government

1. Response Letter 06 July 2021

British Interests Section, Tripoli

2. 18 December 1995 - Fax from Jem Convery, Consular Division, Foreign & Commonwealth Office to Joseph Abela, James Dunlop, Bridget Brind, Diane Partridge, Rebecca Austin

3. 16 January 1997 Letter - British High Commision Malta to Fergus Vochrane-Dyet, Head Of Interests, British Interests Section, Tripoli - Italian Embassy & Consulate in Benghazi tracks Italian hostages in Libya.

4. 14 January 1997 - Letter British High Commision Malta Kevin McCole Esq. George Doublesin, Maltese Ambassador, British Interests Section have made enquiries with Libya, nothing to contradict the official version

Ask senior level Foreign Office to check reliability of information being received from Cormac Boomer and Geoff Williams

5. 21 December 1995 - Fax Genny Smyth, Consular Division, Foreign & Commonwealth Division to Bridget Brind, Diane Partridge, Rebecca Austion, Neil Keernhan. Email from Peter Cross, Head Of European Section, from J. Lawton to Paul Murray. Ask senior level Foreign Office to check reliability of information being received from Cormac Boomer and Geoff Williams.

6. 20 December 1995 Paul Murray to Peter Cross, sends copy of letter from Cormac Boomer to Sean O'Higgins, Depart. Of Foreign Affairs Dublin detailsing sequence of events following disapearnce of 9H-ABU

7. 11 December 1995 D J Hawkes, Letter from British Interests Section, Tripoli, Canadian Embassy in Tunis interest in disappearnce, British business mand on in-bound flight could not confirm a lighting strike

18 December 1995 Jem Convery, Consular Division,

8. 18 December 1995 Jem Convery, Consular Division, Foreign & Commonwealth Office to Joseph Abela, James Dunlop, Bridget Brind, Diane Partridge, Rebecca Austin - has spoken to Mandy Boomer, spoken to Geoff Williams and Andrew Williams and discussed his concerns re: Libya, rumours of foul-play and the ship Gonfulut