I-TIGI, the aircraft involved in the accident, as seen in 1972.The "high treason" accusation against the Italian Air ForceGaddafi denied having been in the area of the accident that evening. The airline could never recover from the negative publicity and ceased operations a few months later after the accident.In the 40th anniversary of what has been called ‘The Ustica massacre,’ the mystery of the crash remains. Investigators hypothesized that the plot could be a military aircraft attacking the Mig, but instead, hit the DC-9.In those years, NATO confirmed several violations of the Italian airspace by Libyan military aircraft flying to former Yugoslavia, where these aircraft received maintenance. The wreckage of this aircraft was found in Calabria, some 150 miles from the crash of IH870. The aircraft was shot down, (…) a proper act of war against our country, whose sovereignty and rights were breached.”Priore also blamed that the 12-year investigation—the longest in the history of Italy— was obstructed by “silences and falsified depositions as from the Italian Air Force as from NATO, which tainted or hid crucial information about what happened that night.”ears after the crash, investigators were able to obtain the radar records from Ciampino, discovering an irregular path that followed IH870 on its way to Palermo. You can follow Micah on Le 27 juin 1980, le vol Itavia 870 explose en plein vol au-dessus de la Méditerranée. Si vous avez manqué le début. A-t-il été pris sous le feu croisé de chasseurs libyens et de l'OTAN ? Un journal italien affirme que l'avion aurait été pris sous le … LN 66) were Captain Domenico Gatti and the First Officer Enzo Fontana. The court, unable to proceed further, declared the case On 7 July 2008 a claim for damages was served to the French President. While official reports indicate that the crash of this Mig happened on June 18, several army soldiers in the region testified that the wreckage of the Mig was guarded on June 28, the day after the crash of IH870.By examining the Ciampino radar registrations referred to June 27, there was a “plot” approaching IH870 at high speed from the west, moments before the explosion of the jetliner. The pathological reports and the inspection of the wreckage led to determine that an explosion caused the breakup. 44 min . A crowd gathered around the airport to watch the...

Major sources in the Italian media have alleged over the years that the aircraft was shot down during a According to the Italian media, documents from the archives of the Some of the Italian Air Force officials who might have known about the disaster's background died suddenly.In Bologna on 27 June 2007 the Museum for the Memory of Ustica was opened. This view is not unwarranted, apparently, since wreckage recovered during the investigation of the Flight 870 incident had indeed suggested that a projectile had been involved; according to the publications Aviation Week and Space Technology, who both reported on the unfolding investigations ,damage to the airliner’s fuselage “was consistent with… a continuous-rod missile warhead as employed in air-to-air missiles.”In 1989, Italian Senator Giovanni Pellegrino stated that, “The [Ustica Massacre] occurred following a military interception… the DC9 was shot down, the lives of 81 innocent citizens were destroyed by an action properly described as an act of war, real war undeclared, [and] a covert international police action against our country, which violated its borders and rights.”So what exactly did occur in June of 1980, and did Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crash as a result of an incident—perhaps unintended— which nonetheless could qualify as an act of war? Also, investigators and victims’ relatives faced difficulties in receiving comprehensive and certain information about the DC-9 disaster.