On 18 July 2011, former Libyan foreign minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham, who had defected from the Libyan government in March at the beginning of what would become the 2011 Libyan civil war, told al-Hayat that the Libyan government was responsible for the bombing of UTA Flight 772.
18. července 2011 Abdel Rahman Shalgham, ministr zahraničí Libye v letech 2000–2009, který zběhl z libyjské vlády hned na počátku občanské války v březnu 2011, prohlásil, že libyjská vláda je zodpovědná za explozi letu UTA 772.