Lower House Speaker Laura
Boldrini Monday said Italy must continue to look for the truth
in the Ustica case in a message delivered on the 36th
anniversary of the plane crash in which 81 people died near the
Sicilian island.
Boldrini said the truth was not only owed to the families of
victims, including 13 children, but necessary because coverups
''weaken democracy''.
''Too many tassels are missing'' in explaining the crash and
identifying those who were responsible, Boldrini added.
Italy's supreme Court of Cassation found in 2013 that a
missile fired from an unknown source was the definite cause of
the passengers' deaths, and said that ''cover-ups'' in
investigations into Itavia Flight 870 must now be considered
''definitively ascertained''.
The cause behind the crash of Itavia DC-9 during a flight
from Bologna to Palermo has been one of Italy's enduring
mysteries, with some theories contending that the plane got
caught in the crossfire of a military aerial dogfight and that a
Libyan plane could have been the intended target.
NATO officials have denied any military activity in the area
that night.
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