[7][8] Investigators concluded that the aircraft had suffered some form of damage during the initial radio call to Nicosia ATC at about 5:15 a.m. and had disintegrated in flight about eight minutes later.

[10] The seat cushion and other objects from the cabin were analysed by experts in forensic explosives at the UK's Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, the first time that the institution performed such an analysis.

[11] The most common theory is that the explosion was a result of an attempted assassination of EOKA and at the time, Supreme head of the defense of Cyprus, General Georgios Grivas.

[12] The British Home Office however has refused to declassify the findings of the investigation until 2067 which has in turn, increased peoples suspicions about the events of the bombing.

[13] In 2023 however, Metropolitan Police admitted that there were lapses and flaws in their investigation and further stated that there were also political implications which could have harmed relations between Cyprus and the United Kingdom.