June 27 1980, ore 20.59: "Itavia IH 870 .... Do you read?".
On June 27, 1980, falls on a Friday. The approximately 17.30. The heat almost still does not feel a strong thunderstorm cools the air, summer rain, nothing more. A regular perturbation of June, said the weather reports. The air conditioning vents cooled the room of the airport "Guglielmo Marconi" in Bologna, Ducati, one placed in front of the ticket, well before the security checks. Taxis with downloading paseggeri avligie and parcels. Appear to have no hurry. And who travels knows that rules are not written and codified: on Friday at the end of June, at airports is better to go early to avoid problems. The scheduled departure time of flight Bologna - Palermo , was set at 18.15. - "The ticket .... get me a ticket you hold it ... I'm going to call." - There were no mobile phones, it took the chips.
The board, however, indicates delays on all lines. In front of the box Itavia airline passengers have already gathered seventy-seven passengers. A voice announces: "Good afternoon ... Itavia Please note that the IH 870 flight to Palermo, behind the door ..."
In motions are watching and wondering: "What success, there are problems. Gee, I wonder what time we arrive. " Others take time. If you buy a newspaper, who is a toy for the child, who goes to the Duty to buy cigarettes. Who can feel the family, there is no other will ever . - Louis Andres, is a dentist, he went to Palermo, a wedding set for months, Francesco baimonti, trade in meat, for he is a business trip, Alberto Bonfietti, is a middle school teacher, Mantua, journalist the daily struggle continues. That just has to take the flight. In Palermo, the daughter waiting for him and his partner.
Qell'aereo, DC9, of miles it has traveled a lot. Lamezia Terme engineers can carry it outside the hangar that is almost dawn. Control its instrumentation in detail. The men of cleaning make it clean and fragrant. At 8.07, off from Calabria. The wheels will scratch the track of Rome Ciampino to 8.54. Then, a new start. At 10.12, left Rome; quanrantadue minutes later in Bologna. - Fly up and down Italy, sometimes under a clear sky at other times in the midst of black clouds, the windows, drivers and passengers can see the Alps, beneath them runs the backbone of Italy. The 13.03, the DC9, takes off from Bologna, and, at 14.29 arriving at Lamezia Terme. Thirty-nine minutes late. At 16.10, the plane is still moving. It sounds like a machine perfect, no major problem except for that delay. In Palermo arrives at 16.59, the DC9 reach Bologna at 19.03: ninety-four minutes after the scheduled time. For that plane, there is another ready departure, the last taxi of the day and his life will begin at 20.02. Then take off at 20.08. At 21.13 should come to Palermo: if someone let him fly in the sky! ......
E 'with a plane white stripes Pompeii, short-medium range of the DC9 type series 10 Model 15, designed and built by the American Society Mc Donnel Douglas Co. of Long Beach, California (USA). Serial number: 45724. Stands in skies for the first time in 1966 with the flag of the company Hawaiian Airlines. The world has turned many times, over deserts, oceans and cities. Made entirely of metal, with minor parts in fiberglass. Equipped with two engines, placed in the queue, type: Turbofan Pratt & Whithney JTD-7A. - The crew consists of two pilots and two flight attendants. A transport capacity of ninety-five passengers in economy class, two rows diu five seats with center aisle. That day, the computer company Itavia seventy-seven there are passengers and four crew. Bring a light weight, less than a full load. The DC9 is equipped with a system pressurization and air conditioning, a toilet placed at the bottom. twenty-seven meter wingspan, twenty-one ton of empty weight, a maximum cruising speed of 903 kilometers per hour under a maximum altitude of 7,620 meters, 2,500 feet. - In 1980, the company is owned Itavia spa, Catanzaro. In Italy, is registered for the first time in March 1972. RAI Gets the certificate No. 6034. Is reviewed every week. Are irrelevant anomalies: the central tank fuel gauge do not trust, the co-pilot's window with more bubbles and deformation and the scale is not covered by passenger electrically.
19.03. The DC9 landing all'eroporto Ducati in Bologna. It fits in the middle of the square, pitch No. 3. They are impatient passengers of Flight IH 870. There are employees of the Ministry of Finance: Casdia Antonio and Rita Guzzo, Eng. Anic Genoa John Cerami, Michael Davi and a representative instead of sweets. The
19.08. Open wide the doors of the plane, passengers coming down from the ladder. Those faces are waiting to be loaded does not ever cross each other. The
19.15. In seven minutes all of them landing. The
19.23. Even the last bag is mounted on trucks. The DC9 is empty. Civogliono ten minutes to clean it and fix it.
At 19.33 is ready for a new service. James Filippi is the manager of a frozen food factory. Vito Fontana with his wife Francesca and son Charles, come to Padua to see a specialist hospital. Rosario Fuller has accompanied his wife to a center for kidney disease. Antonio Graco is a police officer, an employee of the hotel Marta Gruber Palme in Palermo. Names, all trades appearing in dell'Itavia passenger list. A long paper where they are allocated seats, children in seats boast of their parents.
Hours 19.33. "Please gentlemen passengers to go to the box dell'Itavia ...... we begin boarding ..." IH 870, DC9 in volo da Bologna a Palermo è una somma di lunghe attese e grandi speranze.
Le ore 19,55. Le porte si chiudono, tutto è sigillato, nessuno ormai può scendere. Sessantatre adulti, quattordici minori di cui due neonati, quattro membri di equipaggio, ognuno al loro posto assegnato, stanno chiusi e protetti nel loro DC9. - Fuori, la pioggia intermittente se ne è andata da poco. " Itavia IH 870....benvenuti a bordo.....Welcome a board....." Il comandante presenta e illustra il piano di volo, le hostess ricordano dove sono ubicate le uscite di sicurezza, dove sono gli scivoli, come gonfiare il salvagente in caso di emergenza, cosa prescrivono le norme di sicurezza. La torre di controllo di Bologna da il via libera, il DC9 si muove in direzione della pista, lentamente. Poi si posiziona. - La radio gracchia, ma la voce dell'operatore rimbomba nella cabina di pilotaggio.
" Bologna Ground, pronto per la messa in moto Itavia 870 autorizzato, temperatura 24, stop orario sull'ora".
"Avete l'ultimo bolletino?"
Davanti c'è solo la striscia di asfalto, poco meno di un chilometro, e sopra il cielo azzurro. Le ali dell'aereo sono perpendicolari sulla pista. Su quella di sinistra, il DC9 porta una scritta con vernice nera: I-TIGI.
Le ore 20,02, l'aereo incomincia a rullare.
"Itavia 870 autorizzato a Palermo via Firenze, Ambra 13. Salire e mantenere livello di volo 190. Ripeta e chiami pronti decollo".
I motori sono a piena potenza, vibrano poco prima della partenza, gli strumenti non segnalano nessuna anomalia, tutto perfetto. Il pilota spinge in avanti le manette, rilascia i freni, le ruote macinano decine di metri, l'aereo sobbalza ma la senti tutta la forza di imprimersi sulla pista, le imbardate a destra e a sinistra si fanno pesanti. Manca poco, solo l'ultimo segnale. I flap scendono dal dorso delle ali, l'aereo non è più a terra, in balzo leggero, almost imperceptible, a void, and not even realize you're already over one hundred feet high. - The DC9 was already air and sky!
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