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

Story of the Libyan plane located during the search for 9H-ABU

18 Sep 2011 | Documentation, Search, Theory

I (Cecilia Aquilina) followed up with the friend of Phillip Farrugia's to see if I could find out some more detail regarding the story of the US finding a Libyan plane while searching for 9H-ABU. This is what he told me...

"I worked for IDC ( International Drilling Company ) from 1976 until I left Libya in 2003. Phillip worked for us circa 1980 when the "blowout" occurred and he got burnt. The company then changed from US owners to various Libyan owners and at the time of the crash it was  owned by a Libyan from Misurata, Macloof Damuna . It was a cousin of his who was the fighter pilot who went on the search - he was also from Misurata. Macloof is quite a well known character in the Libyan oilfield"