BASCAPÈ — 1962 · Suspicious Death
The Plane Crash of Enrico Mattei
Enrico Mattei, founder of the Italian state oil company ENI, was one of the most powerful Italians of his time, with deals that challenged the dominance of the major Western oil companies. On the evening of 27 October 1962, his small jet, flying from Catania in Sicily to Milan's Linate Airport, crashed near the village of Bascapè in Lombardy; Mattei, his pilot and an American journalist were killed. The official investigation closed the case as an accident. When the inquiry was reopened in 1994, traces of an explosion were found on exhumed remains and pieces of wreckage, and the judge reclassified the case as murder by persons unknown. Who was responsible has never been established. The disappearance without trace in 1970 of journalist Mauro De Mauro, who was researching the case, deepened the mystery.
- Date
- 1962
- Place
- Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, Bascapè, IT
- Category
- Suspicious Death
- Case Status
- Unsolved
- Coordinates
- 45.3067, 9.3125 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 27 October 1962Mattei's plane crashed near Bascapè; three people died.
- 1960sThe official investigation closed it as an accident.
- 16 September 1970Journalist Mauro De Mauro, researching the case, disappeared.
- 1994The investigation was reopened; the remains were exhumed.
- 1997Traces of an explosion were found; it was ruled murder by persons unknown.
Sources
- The Independent — Autopsy may solve deadly mystery of the Mattei Affair independent.co.uk ↗
- Wikipedia — Enrico Mattei en.wikipedia.org ↗
- The Independent
- Wikipedia
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