Italy: 43 years after the downing of a plane that took the lives of 81 people

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On the night of June 27, 1980, a plane crashed into the sea near the Sicilian island of Ustica with 81 people on board. Subsequent investigations suggested that it was shot down but, 43 years later, the tragedy remains shrouded in mystery. teleSUR

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00:00 Flight 870 from Itavia Airlines took off from Bologna to Palermo on June 27, 1980.

00:06 One hour into the scheduled flight, the plane disappeared from radar screens.

00:09 Several hours after the wreckage of the aircraft was discovered on the Tyrrhenian Sea

00:15 of the island of Ustica, near Sicily, Italian investigations have attempted for years to

00:20 understand what led to the crash, the remains of the DC-9 plane having been placed back together

00:26 and inspected in Rome. Theories on what caused the failed flight have gone from believing it was the

00:31 result of a terror attack to mechanical or structural failure. However, George Rosario

00:35 Priore claimed the truth about the plane crash was hidden by the Italian government

00:39 and members of the Secret Service.

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