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SecurityArrested in Brazil a Vietnam redux
San Paolo, Brazil - He transported 8 kilograms of cocaine
Arrested at San Paolo airport, in Brazil, a man from California aged 53, Ruban Martinez, redux from Vietnam (he fought three years in the Asian country). Martinez transported 8 kilograms of cocaine that... more
Security"No to peace at every cost"
Vatican City, Vatican - This is the advertisement of the Holy See to Roman Catholic politicians
In a vademecum published by the Congregation of the doctrine, organ of the Holy See, is exposed an advertisement to Roman Catholic politicians. In the advertisement is said: "Peace is always the result... more
SecurityEgyptian president has invited Saddam Hussein in Egypt
Il Cairo, Egypt - The invitation has been programmed for Saturday
Trusting the Egyptian press agency Mena, it seems nearly certain in the daytime of Saturday a meeting between the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The meeting should... more
SecurityItalian volounteers for peace will leave to Iraq next January 28
Rome, Italy - The volounteers are decided to stop Anglo American bombings
In the field of the protest manifestations against war in Iraq, is taking its own shape a manifestation, that in short time will attract on itself the attention of the whole world's medias. The next January... more
SecurityUS spy unmanned aircraft to fight drug smugglings in South America (2): the technical features
Washington, Usa - It's in charge for the operations carried in Afghanistan
The unmanned Global Hawk aerial vehicle (UAV) is able to fly more at remarkable altitudes supplying to the military intelligence the most detailed information about the enemy resources. Once that the... more
SecurityUS spy unmanned aircraft to fight drug smugglings in South America
Washington, Usa - First test at the beginning of the next year
The attempt is to intercept the considerable drug loads that every day leave from the Latin America states and reach the Southern coasts of USA, from which then they invade all the American territory.... more
SecurityAEJPT: signed a contract for the training of the pilots
Stockholm, Sweden - Approved yesterday the Feasibility Eurotraining Study Contract
It has been signed yesterday, also by Saab, the Feasibility Study Contract, that will be directed by five associated societies (Aermacchi, Dassault, EADS-CASA from Spain, EADS Germany and Saab). The named... more
SecurityOutrage near seat of the staff of Russian aviation
Moscow, Russia - At least three deads verified up now
A violent outbreak this morning has occurred just outside Moscow, in Balashika a suburb few kilometers east of the Russia's capital, neighbor where the officials of the staff of Russian aviation reside.... more
SecurityReactions of Cuban government to the eight dissidents' escape
Havana, Cuba - "It has been a piracy act"
It has been requested by the Cuban government the restitution of the little yellow two-engine aircraft of Soviet engineering, normally used for pest ridding of tobacco plantations, used by the eight dissidents... more
SecurityEight Cubans escape in the USA
Washington, USA - The Carribbeans are landed with a small aircraft
During the daytime of yesterday eight Cubans are landed in Key West with a small aircraft. Probably the Cubans are arrived in the USA to ask political asylum, escaping from Castro's regime. Following... more
SecurityBali slaughter: ex- areonautical officer is the slaughter's "mind"
Bali, Indonesia - Head of a eight people command
Eight men, well trained, composed the command responsible of last Sunday terroristic attack in Bali, which provoked the death of 180 people. One of them, considered the "mind" of the criminal action confessed... more
SecurityChecen stopped at the Daghestan border
Baku, Azerbaijan- The man owned nuclear material
Russian agency Itar-Tass has reported, just few hours ago that a Checen man, coming from Azerbaijan, was trying to introduce in Russia, through the Daghestan border, a suitcase within nuclear material.... more
SecuritySix more months in prison for the insane who get in the plane armed
Washington, Usa - He will have to serve the rest of condemnation in Nepal
It wasn't good the defence appeal for mental problems: Subash Gurung, Nepalese, will have to serve in his country's prison six months more. For this he will be deported as soon as possible after 11 months... more
SecurityFrench authorities still investigating on plastic bomb found on board a RAM aircraft
Paris, France - The inquiry has been assigned to Paris Attorney's office
Paris Attorney's office was assigned the inquiry on the plastic bomb found yesterday on board a Royal Air Maroc aircraft coming from Marrakech. RAM's spokespersons denied this finding, which was confirmed... more
SecurityThree US Congressmen fly to Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq - They reached the Iraqi capital on board a Jordanian flight
Three US Congressmen, David Bonior (D-Michigan), Michael Thompson (D-California) and Jill Dermott (D-Washington), flew to Baghdad on board a Jordanian plane. The visit of these three Democrat Congressmen... more
SecurityEast Timor to join United Nations
Dili, East Timor - UN General Assembly approves the admission of its 191st member state
The United Nations General Assembly approved today the admission of East Timor into the Organization. East Timor was granted independence from Indonesia last May after a 24-year civil war. The first... more
SecurityUs to restart drug plane interception programs
Washington, Usa - Program's control is supposed to pass from Cia to Us Department of State
Bush is willing to restart drug plane surveillance programs which were interrupted last year, when a Peruvian Air Force plane, acting on information from a US surveillance plane tracking drug courier flights,... more
SecurityOsprey flight resumed: excellent performances registered
Patuxent River, USA
The MV-22 Osprey took to the skies May 29 here for the first time after being grounded for over 17 months following the tragic Dec. 11, 2000 mishap. The first MV-22 test aircraft to resume flying has improvements... more
SecurityOsprey ready to fly again
Washington, USA - "All technical problems fixed"
"All technical and management problems with the V-22 Osprey aircraft project have been corrected and the hybrid helicopter-airplane is ready to resume flight testing, Navy Secretary Gordon England said... more
SecurityBell and Boeing pay for Osprey victims
Washington, USA
Bell and Boeing, the manufacturers of the V-22 Osprey have reached out-of-court settlements during the past few months with all but one of the families of the 23 Marines killed in 2000 while flying the... more
SecurityBritish couple forced to pay Indian Air Force for their son's rescue
London, Great Britain
It sounds incredible, but a British couple of Brightlingsea, Essex, Bill and Angie Kitchen, parents of a missing young man, their son, have been forced to pay to Indian Air Force £18,000 for a search... more
SecurityNew South African Denel's attack helicopter Rooivalk projects stolen
Pretoria, South Africa - 25 hard disk with projects stolen
Thieves who broke into the closely guarded Denel complex in Pretoria knew exactly what they wanted, as they have stolen only 25 computer hard disks containing information of the Rooivalk attack helicopter... more
SecurityVenezuela president Chavez sends away his family
Caracas, Venezuela
A military airplane has carried away, for an unknown destination, the wife and some son of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez, who has decided to send away them from the political crisis which is arise... more
SecuritySeptember 11th:one of suspects could be convicted to death
New York, Usa - Ashcroft decided
Zacarias Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan extraction, is the only person charged with massacre for last September 11th terrorist attacks. At the end of the trial, which is supposed to begin next... more
SecurityStatement by John Murphey, chairman and CEO of Bell Helicopter
USA - "Project has been not canceled"
"I want to set the record straight with respect to the BA609 program. First, the program has not been cancelled. When the BA609 program was started in 1996, it was planned and scheduled to follow the... more
SecurityU.S. Burocracy: the flight school of Venice receives the visas of two WTC terrorists
WAshington USA - This appears as incredible
This could be represented as the results of the application of burocracy: the flight school of Venice, Florida, received the student visas, approved and stamped by U.S. immigration office, awarded to Mohammed... more
SecurityBerlusconi meets Schroeder
Trieste, Italy - No mention of Finameccanica-Eads agreement
"We did not talk about this matter". At today meeting in Trieste, Italian and German government premiers, Silvio Berlusconi and Gerhard Schroeder, did not mention Finmeccanica-Eads missed agreement at... more
Security2 Japan helicopters vanished (2)
Tokyo, Japan - All dead the 4 crew members
Last night Japan rescue teams found in the surroundings of Mt. Haneyama the wreckages of the two military helicopters vanished yesterday. One of the two Oh-6D aircraft was burned while the other chopper... more
Security2 Japan helicopters vanished
Tokyo, Japan- Rescue teams at work
According to what stated by the Japan Defence ministry spokesman, two helicopters, which were flying above Kusu mountains skies, lost yesterday any radio contacts and vanished. Rescue teams are running... more
SecurityNew international coalition victims in war against terrorism
Kabul, Afghanistan - 5 more deads
Two German and three Danish, all international coalition soldiers, have been killed in Kabul as they tried to destroy two Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles. After these tragic events, which saw seven... more
SecurityUsa forces sent in Georgia against terrorism
Washington - The announcement made by DoD
The U.S. Department of Defense, DoD, announced to have sent some helicopters and a small military equipe to Tbilisi, Georgia, in order to study opposition strategies to international terrorism. (G... more
SecurityIran could hit a large part of Middle East with its missiles
Washington, USA - The announcement comes from Center for Strategic and International Studies
Iran, cited by the United States as one of three countries in the "axis of evil," can target most of the Gulf region and Turkey, a new report says. Such missiles, according to the report, are likely... more
SecurityFirst BA609 flight expected in June
Singapore - BAAC made the announce at Asian Aerospace 2002
According to Bell-Agusta Aerospace Company (BAAC) declaration here at Singapore's Asian Aerospace 2002 exhibition, good bet is for the BA 609 to make its first flight between June 7 and June 27, insiders... more
SecurityPiaggio will overtake Sorem?
The Geneva industry is interested to acquire Canadair aircraft maintenance
According to rumours, it seems that Geneva-based aeronautical industry Piaggio Aero Industries would be interested to found in Roma's Ciampino airport some buildings in order to acquire maintenance of... more
SecurityUnited Nations aircraft hit in Congo (Dem rep)
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - Several bullets hit the Un Antonov fuselage
A United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo aircraft has been hit last Tuesday while it was landing at Kindu airport, as stated by the Un spokesman in Kinshasa. The airplane, an Antonov... more
SecurityFor a golf tournament, a five hours delay for 233 passengers
Air 200 charter flight divert to Manchester to embark "essential" golf bags
233 passengers on board a British charter flight operated by Air 2000 UK operator, arrived at their destination five hours late - all because of a game of golf. The airline management decided to "reprotect"... more
SecurityMost Italian airlines involved in counterfeited spare parts traffic
Guardia di Finanza distrains near 3 EURm value material
It is a thunderstorm on Italian airlines the investigation conducted by Tempio Pausania's court on the traffic of counterfeited spare parts for aircraft. Alitalia, Meridiana, Volare Airlines, Air One,... more
SecurityEnac: aeronautical world is based on "bona fide"
According to Italian Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (Enac) sources, the organization which is engaged in civil aviation controls, about the investigation conducted by Italian Court and Guardia... more
SecurityAvionews starts again, but some technical inconveniences are still possible
Starting again our broadcasting with an improved layout and superior performances, Avionews apologizes for the short interruption and for inconveniences possibly arising during the set out period... more
SecuritySTARWOOD HOTELS PROPERTIES ON SALE
ROMA, Starwood Hotels & Resort Worldwide Inc. starts the sale of the whole CIGA package, covering 25 luxury hotels included in Conde Nast Traveler’s gold list, such as Danieli Hotel and Gritti Palace i... more
SecurityHEAVY FIRES AT LE BOURGET
LE BOURGET, PARIS, A large fire, started around 4 a.m. of this morning in the hall 5 of Le Bourget airport, near Paris, where is held one of the world's most important aircraft airshow. The fire, has destroyed... more
SecurityDELAYED INFORMATION ABOUT POISONOUS AIR IN NEW YORK GROUND ZERO ZONE
NEW YORK, USA, A toxic mixture of lead and other products, harmful for health, has been found already on sept. 26 in Ground Zero surroundings. The notice ghas been diffused only today as, according to... more
SecurityRUMSFELD: ''THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF BIN LADEN'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACKS BEFORE THE TAPE WAS DISCOVERED''
WASHINGTON, USA, The U. S. government released today a copy of a videotape of Osama bin Laden obtained by U.S. forces in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in late November. The video was filmed by unknown... more
SecurityTHREE MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS: USA REMEMBERS VICTIMS
USA, To mark the three-month anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, US President George W. Bush participated in a memorial ceremony today to honor and remember... more
SecurityALSO IN MALESIA TERRORIST READY TO MAKE U.S.-STYLE ATTACKS
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, Malaysian police is conducting investigations about a local Islamic integralist group, believed to have strict contact with Osama Bin Laden Al Qaida terroristic organization, which... more
SecurityALLEGED TERRORIST FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASKS FOR APPEAL
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, An appeal petition has been presented by lawyers of Lofti Raissi, the Algerian pilot accused by British court to have trained some of the terrorists who have participated to September... more
SecuritySPAIN: ETA MAY STRIKE MILITARY PLANES
MADRID, The separatist group Eta could set up terrorist attacks against military planes, said the spanish newspaper El Mundo. A report warning of a possible terrorist act was delivered to Interior... more
SecurityFBI REVEALS THAT TERRORIST ATTA MET TWO TIMES IRAQI SECRET SERVICE OFFICERS IN PRAGUE
WASHINGTON, USA, FBI officials revealed that Mohammed Atta, one of the suspected suicide hijackers, met two times and not one, Iraqi intelligence officers in Prague, Czech Republic, the first time in... more
SecurityQATAR AMIR OFFERS 3 USDM FOR U.S. VICTIMS FAMILY
WASHINGTON, USA, Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar provided the Defense Department $1 million today to be used to assist families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. The... more
SecurityALGERIAN MAN ARRESTED UNDER ACCUSATION TO BE ONE OF THE TERRORISTS FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, An Algerian pilot, Lotfi Raissi, 27, has been arrested in Britain under accusation to be the "lead instructor" for four of the hijackers who carried out the terror attacks in America,... more