The trial had been scheduled to resume Tuesday after a month of delays following prosecutors' disclosure of new evidence relating to the defense case. Scottish officials presiding over the special courtroom in the Netherlands said hearings would continue in private session Wednesday morning. Prosecutors said they could wrap up their case within a few days once testimony resumed. Jim Swire, a British physician whose daughter, Flora, was on Flight 103, took the latest setback in stride. The PFLP-GC, headquartered in Syria, was a prime target of British and American investigations before the indictment of the Libyans in late 1991.
Prosecutors say the defendants sent a bomb-laden suitcase from the Mediterranean island of Malta.
The suitcase was furnished with stolen tags routing it through Frankfurt and onto the Pan Am airliner in London, according to the indictment. An alleged PPSF leader, Mohammed Abu Talb, jailed in Sweden for bombing Jewish and American targets in Europe, had been scheduled to take the stand Tuesday. The proceedings have been running since May 3.