In its Judgment on the preliminary objections raised by the United States in the case concerning Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America), the Court found that it had jurisdiction to deal with the merits of the case brought by Libya against the United States of America concerning the aerial incident at Lockerbie. It also found that the Libyan claims were admissible.