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Date: | vendredi 27 juin 1980 |
Heure: | 20:59 |
Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas DC-9-15 |
Compagnie: | Aerolinee Itavia |
Immatriculation: | I-TIGI |
Numéro de série: | 45724/22 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1966 |
Heures de vol: | 29544 |
Cycles: | 45032 |
Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
Passagers: | victimes: 77 / à bord: 77 |
Total: | victimes: 81 / à bord: 81 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | 25 km (15.6 milles) NE de Ustica, Italy [Tyrrhenian Sea] ( Mer Méditerranée)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
Aéroport de départ: | Bologna-Borgo Panigale Airport (BLQ/LIPE), Italie |
Aéroport de destination: | Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (PMO/LICJ), Italie |
Numéro de vol: | 870 |
Détails:Itavia flight 870 departed Bologna (BLQ) at 20:08 on a domestic flight to Palermo (PMO). The DC-9 was en route over the Tyrrhenian Sea at an altitude of about 24000 feet when an explosion occurred. Extensive structural damage caused the plane to break up. Most of the wreckage sank to a depth of some 3500 metres.
The cause of the accident has never been officially established. In the years following the accident many theories were suggested. Some theories cantered around the fact that the DC-9 may have accidentally been shot down by NATO fighters. Either during an exercise involving Italian, U.S., and French jet fighters, or during a dog fight involving Libyan, U.S., French and Italian Air Force fighters in the area.
It has also been suggested that explosive device detonated in the rear (starboard) toilet.
Sources:
» Flight International 03 January 1981 (4)
» ICAO Adrep 4/89 (#31)
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Accident to Itavia DC-9 near Ustica, 27 June 1980- Wreckage and Impact Information & Analysis (ISASI Paper, 1994)»
Analysis of radar data, suggesting side-lobe tracks instead of unidentified planes (in Italian, starting page 5)»
Lessons from the Ustica investigations / A. Frank Taylor, Cranfield University (illustrated version)
Photos

accident date:
27-06-1980type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
registration: I-TIGI

accident date:
27-06-1980type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15
registration: I-TIGI
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Bologna-Borgo Panigale Airport et Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport est de 718 km (449 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.