Edited sentence: Because his travel plans to New York were changed, Carlsson died when Pan Am Flight 103 crashed at Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988.Carlsson had intended to fly direct from Brussels to New York for the signing ceremony at UN headquarters on December 22, 1988 of the agreement, under which South Africa was forced by the Security Council to grant independence to Namibia.iDAG also alleged that Timothy was instrumental in persuading Bernt Carlsson – UN Commissioner for Namibia – to stopover at London on December 21, 1988 for a meeting with De Beers