| Date of Accident: | 27 June 1980 |  |
| Airline: | Itavia |  |
| Aircraft: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 | |
| Location: | Ustica, Italy | |
| Registration: | I-TIGI | |
| Previous Registrations: | N902H | |
| Flight Number: | 1870 | |
| Fatalities: | 81:81 | |
| MSN: | 45724 | |
| Line Number: | 22 | |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Pratt & Whitney | |
| Engine Model: | JT8D | |
| Year of Delivery: | 1966 | |
| Accident Description: | The aircraft crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Ustica, Italy at about 1900hrs GMT while on a flight from Bologna to Palermo. Many theories as to the cause of the accident have been entertained, including the possible involvement of Italian and Libyan fighter jets, which were operating in the area around the time of the accident. Another theory hypothesizes that United States forces, while targeting the Lybian fighter jets in the area, may have accidently downed the DC-9. |
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