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Offline Wingman81

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Itavia Flight 870
« on: December 06, 2008, 10:47:19 PM »
On 27 June 1980 Itavia Flight 870 (a DC-9) on the way from Bologna to Palermo was lost by an air-to-air missle attack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itavia_870

I would be interested what our italian and french forum members think of this incident.
Was it an accident or a dogfight between Libyan and italian french or american jets?

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Re: Itavia Flight 870
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2008, 08:50:37 PM »
Hi Wingman81,
I suggest you to see the movie "Il Muro di Gomma" (the rubber wall) about that tragedy.
Cheers
Santino
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Re: Itavia Flight 870
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2008, 12:29:47 AM »
Sounds interesting...do you know if this movie is available in english or with english subtitles ? My italian is not so good  :-green


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Re: Itavia Flight 870
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2010, 01:17:14 PM »
Today 30 years ago.
« Last Edit: June 29, 2010, 10:19:25 AM by Wingman81 »
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