#Italy: The mystery of the 1980 Ustica tragedy dominates the headline week. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 9 September 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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#Italy: The mystery of the 1980 Ustica tragedy dominates the headline week. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/italy-france-plane-crash-itavia-1980-muammar-qaddafi-libya-us-nato-macron/
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| 0:40.4 | Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:42.7 | June 27, 1980, a tragedy. |
| 0:45.9 | An airline comes down leading to the deaths of 81 people. |
| 0:51.6 | Forty years later, former Italian Prime Minister Juliana Amato speaks out about the cause |
| 1:00.2 | of the crash of a DC-9 on the island of Ustica to understand this story and why it's fresh |
| 1:09.8 | and in the news in Italy I welcome Lorenzo Fiore of the Ansaldo Foundation. |
| 1:17.6 | The former Prime Minister Amato has come forward with an opinion that this aircraft did not |
| 1:25.0 | crash because of mechanical error. |
| 1:27.9 | In fact, he's come forward with the opinion that it was shot down accidentally by a French |
| 1:34.0 | warplane attempting to in some fashion assassinate then Libyan leader Momar Gaddafi. |
| 1:43.0 | This is in the news in Italy. |
| 1:44.9 | Who is Prime Minister Amato to gain this attention and what is the opinion of the Italian |
| 1:50.0 | media of his allegation? |
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