Italy’s Ustica enigma: Can French files solve mystery crash blamed on stray missile?

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France has agreed to share defense documents with Italian judicial authorities investigating the 1980 crash of a passenger jet near Ustica. The investigation may gain new leads, though skeptics doubt the files will establish whether a French fighter jet mistakenly shot down the aircraft or identify responsibility.

France’s decision to share defence documents with the Italian judiciary has raised hopes of a breakthrough in investigations into the 1980 crash of a passenger jet near the island of Ustica, which a former Italian president claimed was mistakenly shot down by a French fighter jet. Sceptics caution that the files are unlikely to shed light on one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries, let alone reveal a culprit.