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.