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Ustica 24 years later
Rome, Italy - Tonight on Raitre a special about the trial
On 27th June 1980, a few seconds before 9 pm, a DC-9 I-TIGI by Itavia flying from Bologna to Palermo disappeared from the radar screens of the control tower of the Rome-Ciampino airport. After several hours of investigation it emerged that the airplane had sank into the sea north of the isle of Ustica, with 78 passengers and three members of the crew onboard. No one survived. The first hypothesis proposed...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 58395
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency