Too many 'missing tassels' in Ustica

(ANSA) - Bologna, June 27 - 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.