It is perhaps the most infamous airline bombing of all time.<br/> <br />In 1988, this Pan Am plane was brought down over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people.<br/> <br />Now, the man convicted of the attack - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi - has died.<br/> <br />The former Libyan intelligence officer - seen here in 2011 - succumbed to prostate cancer, said his brother.<br/> <br />He was 60 and had been gravely ill for months.<br/> <br />Megrahi, seen here shortly after the Lockerbie bombing, denied any role in the attack, which turned Libya and its leader Muammar Ghaddafi into international pariahs.<br/> <br />Convicted at at trial held in the Netherlands he was jailed in Scotland but granted early release on compassionate grounds in 2008, by the Scottish government.<br/> <br />The move sparked an outcry among relatives of the dead, particularly in the U.S.<br/> <br />When his plane touched down in Tripoli, he was given a hero's welcome by Gaddafi and his son Saif al Islam.<br/> <br />After Gaddafi's ouster, Libya's new rulers said Megrahi -- who been released because Scottish doctors said he had just months to live -- would stay put in the country.<br/> <br />His health promoted much speculation and debate over his early release from prison.<br/> <br />Andrew Raven, Reuters.
