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Lockerbie bombing wreckage moved to US for trial of Abu Agila Masud

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Abu Agila Masud is accused of making the bomb which destroyed the plane in 1988 .

He is due to stand trial at a federal court in Washington next May .

Relatives of 270 victims have been informed of the transfer of the fuselage.

The Boeing 747 Clipper Maid of the Seas broke up at 31,000 ft as it flew from Heathrow to New York .

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English

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