Description
On 12th October 1967, a British European Airways Comet 4B operating flight CY284 from Athens to Nicosia, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all 66 people on board. Some wreckage was soon recovered, along with the bodies of most of the victims. A thorough accident investigation determined that the cause was a bomb placed in the passenger cabin. A crime investigation was carried out by the Metropolitan Police in 1968, but the case was soon closed with the conclusion that no perpetrator could be identified. The police investigation report and many other documents were sealed and made unavailable for public scrutiny even after half a century.
In the first book on the atrocity, Bealine Charlie Oscar, the limited evidence from public files and further information gathered by the author from research and enquiries in the UK and Cyprus led him to conclude that the motive had probably been to assassinate a leading Cypriot figure by his political rivals, and that there had been a desire by the British establishment to ensure that the whole matter never came back to the surface. In 2024, following a series of applications and appeals to the authorities, a review by the Metropolitan Police Service concluded that their original investigation had been flawed. A further appeal direct to the British Prime Minister led to the full police crime investigation report being released. Published in full for the first time, this is the real story of the police investigation, its conclusions, and why it has taken so long to be made public.
Details
Publisher - Aviation Books Limited
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Simon Hepworth
Published Date - 2026-05-13
ISBN - 9781915335838
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 269
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