(Nov. 29th) – It was 8:59 pm on June 27th, 1980 when the DC- 9 – Tigi Itavia, flying from Bologna to Palermo , disappeared from the radar of the air traffic control center in Rome. After a late take off, the plane never landed at the Punta Raisi Airport, in Palermo. At dawn of the next day, between Ustica and Ponza, in international waters , the remains of the plane were found along with the first bodies of 81 victims, including 11 children. As the DC -9, after 33 years even the truth has never arrived. A lot of people are still trying to help finding the truth, and everyone is giving his contribute. As Pippo Pollina, one of the most popular exponents of Italian music in Europe, which will be in Paris to present, for the first time in French, his musical theater work “Ultimo volo – Orazione civile per Ustica (Last flight – A civil prayer for Ustica)”. The show, which in 2007 brought the artist across Italy and Europe, to bring to light the little known truth about the mysterious and tragic story of the 81 victims. “Le Dernier Vol – L’Ultimo volo”, translated by Olivier Favier and directed by Giampaolo Gotti , will be on stage today and tomorrow at the Espace Jemmapes Paris at 20.15. (Red)
