Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Waterquake in the South-East Asia: B-737 hit a cow and Aceh Airport closed

Rome, Italy - ONU warned the scarce operating ability of the only air station in the province

Banda Aceh Airport (Indonesia) has been closed early today and could be left closed all day long, after a cargo plane, a Boeing 737 carrying humanitarian aid, ran into a cow while it was landing: so it finished up off runway. Helicopters are continuing flying in and out the airport, but airplanes are not able to land. The Aceh air station is the province's only runway and it is a crucial airstrip for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 111235
Rome, Italy, 01/04/2005 11:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

AirlinesMigrant trafficking: Ghadames Air manager arrested

Libyan prosecutor against air carrier: "It transported passengers to the USA"

A top manager of the Libyan airline Ghadames Airlines has been arrested. According to the indictment, the man was involved in a system that allowed passengers to illegally enter the United States. This... more

Civil aviationSaudi Arabia orders four additional A-330 MRTT airplanes

To carry out air-to-air refuelling and transport missions -DATA SHEET

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has ordered four additional A-330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for the Royal Saudi Arabia Air Force (RSAF). The first of these aircraft will enter into conversion... more

AerospaceAriane 6 (2): Europe's new rocket powers into space

The next one is planned for launch this year on its first commercial flight

Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, made its inaugural flight from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 16:00 local time on 9 July (+4 20:00 time BST, +5 21:00 time CEST).It is the latest in Europe's... more