Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901
The wreckage of the Bandeirante was strewn about the Santa Rita Mountains near Colón. Panamanian investigators quickly determined that the explosion had been caused by a bomb, probably detonated by a suicide bomber aboard the aircraft. Only one body was not claimed by relatives; this body is believed to be that of a man named Jamal Lya. Officials suspected that the incident was an act of terrorism by Hezbollah directed against Jews in part because it took place one day after the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, and due to an expression of support by "Ansar Allah", a Hezbollah affiliate in South America.
In 2018, the President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela said "recent evidence" and intelligence reports "clearly show it was a terrorist attack," and that he would ask local and international authorities to reopen the investigation. The FBI have in its investigations identified the perpetrator to have been a passenger named Ali Hawa Jamal.
See also
- List of unsolved murders
- Air India Flight 182
- Avianca Flight 203
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 455
- Pan Am Flight 103
- UTA Flight 772
References
- ^ "Panama says new evidence shows 1994 plane crash 'terrorist' incident". BBC News. May 22, 2018. Archived from the original on May 27, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ "ALI HAWA JAMAL - DECEASED". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023.
- ^ "Palestinian Jihadist group splits from Hezbollah". Jerusalem Post. December 6, 2012. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Andrew R.; Vaduva, Sebastian (2014). Global Supply Chain Security: Emerging Topics in Research, Practice and Policy. Springer. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4939-2178-2. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
External links
- Acquittals in Argentine terror case cast a shadow across Panama (Archive)
- Argentine trials may shed light on Panama mystery, Eric Jackson, Panama News Online, October 17, 2001.
- "Seeking Information" page for Jamal Lya from the U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Criminal Occurrence description at the Aviation Safety Network