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Ustica aircraft accident: the investigation was diverted, Itavia could ask a compensation for its bankruptcy

Rome, Italy - "The hypothesis of a missile shot by an unknown airplane is now consacrated", the Italian supreme Court stated

The third civil section of the Italia Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) stated that, in relation with the investigation relative to the accident of the DC-9 aircraft near Ustica, which caused the death of 81 persons on June 27, 1980, "The diversion [of the investigation] must be considered as definitevely ascertained", and that "The hypothesis of a missile shot by an unknown airplane has been profusely...

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Rome, Italy, 10/23/2013 10:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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