§ Mr. G. Campbellasked the Attorney-General whether action is being taken to identify and charge the murderer who caused the loss of 66 lives in the British European Airways aircraft lost through a bomb explosion off the Turkish coast on 12th October, 1967; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe causes of this disaster were investigated most carefully by the Accidents Investigation Branch of the Board of Trade and by 225W the Metropolitan Police in this country and overseas. Although these investigations have established that the cause of the disaster was the detonation of a high explosive device within the cabin while the aircraft was in flight, the Director of Public Prosecutions has advised that there is no evidence at present available to justify criminal proceedings against any individual.