A former Italian premier is contending that a French air force missile brought down a passenger jet over the Mediterranean Sea in 1980 and is appealing to France's president to respond.
  • Collision Resistance@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Former two-time Premier Giuliano Amato appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron to either refute or confirm his assertion about the cause of the crash on June 27, 1980, which killed all 81 persons aboard the Italian domestic flight.

    Twas an honest mistake.

  • lenathaw@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    There's a museum of the incident with a reconstruction of the plane crash in Italy. Absolutely worth a visit. https://www.inbologna.it/the-museum-for-memory-of-ustica-in-bologna.html

    It was known for a long time that the plane was downed by a missile, with the French being suspects.