waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasa s journey to the moon comes to a close. and, orion splashes down, bringing a return to the moon one small step closer. hello and welcome to the programme. days before the 34th anniversary of the lockerbie bombing, a libyan man accused by the united states of being the bomb maker, has been taken into us custody. 270 people died when a pan am flight exploded over dumfries and galloway just before christmas 1988. as our north america editor, sarah smith reports, the suspect is expected to appear in a us federal court on monday. just a few days before christmas in 1988, the town of lockerbie was suddenly engulfed in flame.
brought it down in seconds. all 259 passengers and crew died, most of them american, as did 11 others when wreckage fell on their homes. it remains the most deadly terrorist attack in british history. this is the man the us authorities accuse of making the bomb, abu agila masud, seen here in libya, where he had beenjailed for unrelated crimes. two years ago the us attorney general formally charged masud with making the device which brought down flight 103. the american and the scottish authorities have always stressed that they would never stop trying to bring other people to justice. it was five years ago that the fbi learned that abu agila masud had confessed to a libyan official that he had built the lockerbie bomb. now, he has finally been arrested and is being extradited to the united states. rick monetti died on the plane. his sister, kara weipz, welcomes the prospect of a court case in the us. to know now that one of those who is involved in the bombing