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Boulogne takes delivery of the Ustica DC-9

Boulogne, Italy - Works officer signed the official act

As far-back announced, the Itavia DC-9 wreck which sank into Ustica sea in 1980 will be transfered the first days of June to the "Memory Museum" in Boulogne from the hanger in Pratica di Mare (Rome) where it currently is (see AVIONEWS for details). Boulogne Municipality officially took delivery of the aircraft yesterday, with the signature of the Works officer. The wreckage is a symbol of Italian unsolved...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 141369
Rome, Italy, 05/23/2006 12:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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