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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
SecurityAFGHAN PILOT SAYS HE WAS FORCED BY TALIBAN TO TEACH 14 ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS HOW TO FLY A JUMBO
AFGHANISTAN, Rasul Birwaz, ex pilot for the afghan airline Ariana, told the newspaper Asharq Al Awsat that Taliban froced him to teach 14 Muslim extremists how to fly jumbo jets. According to the paper... more
SecuritySCHARPING: I DON'T RESIGN, I WAS CORRECT
BERLIN, GERMANY, German defense minister, Rudolf Scharping, heavily answered to the accusation to have privately used military aircrafts in order to reach his girlfriend in Frankfurt and Maiorca. The... more
SecurityPLANES TO PATROL US COASTS CHECKING FOR SHARKS
USA, United States will begin aerial patrols over North Carolina's Outer Banks following the second fatal shark attack of the U.S. Labor Day holiday weekend. "We're going to start flyovers around 7 in... more
SecurityCHIRAC AIR TICKETS (2): THE JUDGES ARE NOW ''INCOMPETENT''
PARIS, FRANCE, Occurring the G8 meeting, the investigation "en course" on the French President Jacquas Chirac could damage its image: and now as a miracle, the three judges who are investigating on the... more
SecurityTODAY CONCORDE FLIGHT TEST FROM HEATHROW
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, A flight test which last about three hour and half is expected to be performed today for the British Airways Corcorde, which will take off from London Heathrow airport, will fly... more
SecurityCHIRAC IN TROUBLES FOR OVER 350.000 USD IN AIR TICKETS
PARIS, FRANCE, French president Jaccques Chirac has been involved in a judiciary case, in which he would have traveled with his family and his entourage, in the 1992/1995 years, in which he was Paris'... more
SecurityCHECHEN HI-JACKER FACES EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA
SAUDI ARABIA, Two Chechen men, who hi-jacked in last March a Russian TU-154 jet with 162 people on board at Medina Airport, will not be extradited from Saudi Arabia. One of them will be almost certainly... more
SecurityRUSSIA TO SIMPLIFY VISAS RELEASE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, According to Russia's Interfax news agency, the country government decided to ease the operation to release tourist visas. These documents, needed to enter Russia, will be available also... more
SecurityDEAD TUPOLEV, THE LAST GREAT RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT PLANNER
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Alexei Tupolev, the last grat soviet aircraft planner and builder, dead yesterday in Moscow. Born in 1925, he projected many aircraft, mainly for military use. His father, built before... more
SecurityMANDELA SAYS TO HAVE NEW INFORMATIONS ON LOCKERBIE
SOUTH AFRICA, The ex south african president Nelson Mandela has revealed to have new informations on Lockerbie case. "I don't promise anything, but Gaddafi informed me of facts which I did not know," Mandela... more
SecurityNO EXCUSES IN THE USA-CHINA COMMON LETTER
WASHINGTON, USA, "There are no excuses" in the common letter that the American and Chinese diplomacies are composing to resolve the serious question that envolved an American eletronic surveillance aircraft,... more
SecurityINFORMATION TO OUR CUSTOMER ABOUT MULTIPLE E-MAIL
ROME, ITALY, Due to our server lock, for external causes, have been sent to some of our customers several E-mail with the same news. Please disregard it. We apologize for the inconvenient and we try to... more
SecurityGERMAN MINISTER ACCUSED OF USING ''PRIVATELY'' STATE HELICOPTERS
BERLIN, GERMANY, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel, according to what reported by the weekly magazine "Stern", in the last two years, affected the Bundeswehr's budget,Germany's army, for the considerable... more
SecurityNEW HUMANITARIAN ROME-BAGHDAD FLIGHT
ROME, ITALY, Organized by Cargosped and respecting Onu's rules, by the end of March an humanitarian flight will depart for Baghdad, it will transport free of charge first necessity products, such as medicines,... more
SecurityA CUBIC METER OF DUNG IN FRONT OF MILAN BA HEADQUARTERS
MILAN, ITALY, "Potere Contadino 2001" an Italian agricultural organization, in order to protest against Great Britain where the first cases of "mad cow" have been reported, with a provocative action,... more
SecurityAGUSTA-CORPS OF FOREST RANGERS: TOMORROW TAR'S JUDGMENT
ROME, Tomorrow Administrative Regional Court (TAR) of Lazio, Italy, would have to put an end to Augusta-Italian Corps of Forest Rangers litigation: the helicopter company protested against the advertisement... more
SecurityUSA LABORATORIES DEVELOP A NEW, NON LETHAL WEAPON
TEXAS, USA, A Pentagon spokesman announced realization of a new, non lethal weapon, which has been developed by U.S. Air force laboratories in New Mexico and Texas, in a developement project worth 40 USDm.... more
SecurityPILOTS SUICIDES ON A TB-20
ROUSSILLON , FRANCE, Jaques Delafaye, 55, former Herault-Languedoc-Roussillon aero-club president, crashed volutarily on the runway to suicide. His pilot's license withdrawed due to his psycological... more
Security2500 YOUNG SOLDIERS RELEASED IN SUDAN WITH UNICEF AIR LIFT
SUDAN, More than 2500 children between eight and eighteen years old, which were used as soldiers, have been released in southern Sudan in the last five days thanks to a Unicef air lift. According to the... more
SecurityU.S. AIRCRAFTS ATTACK A IRAQI RADAR SITE
IRAQ, U.S. fighters attacked near Mosul, in no-fly zone, a radar and anti-aircraft Iraqi site, which have targeted it. Is the second attack in the last days. An Iraqi spokesman denied the attack, which... more
SecurityWOMAN IN AVIATION CONFERENCE
ANAHEIM, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, In the Heli Expo 2001, president of Women inAviation International (WAI), Peggy Baty Chabrian, announced that the annual meeting will be held from February 22 to March... more
SecurityALITALIA'S CHAIRMAN HANDLES HIS RESIGNATIONS
ROME (ITALY), An ALITALIA bulletin announce the resignation of Domenico Cempella, the ALITALIA chairman. He sent the usual communication to his board of directors president and to trade-union college... more
SecurityWAPA CLOSES NEWS SPREADING
ROME, WAPA editorial staff announces the closing of news spreading for today. We wish you a nice evening and we will resume our work tomorrow morning. more
SecurityWAPA STARTS NEWS SPREADING
ROME, ITALY, Good morning from WAPA editorial staff. We start our news spreading. more
SecurityAIR ATTACK ON IRAQ, THREE KILLED
BAGHDAD, According to iraqi newsagency american and british planes have killed three people in an attack on civilian targets in the southern province of al-Muthanna, three-hundred-and-fifty kilometres... more
SecurityMILITANTS ASSAULT KASHMIR AIRPORT
KASHMIR, Rebels attacked the Srinagarin's airport, capital of Indian-administered Kashmir Police's sources said that the heavily-armed men attacked the main gate of the airport and that in the exchange... more
SecurityDEPLETED URANIUM (3): THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF WAR CRIME WILL GIVE INFORMATIONS ABOUT URANIUM
HAGUE, An International Court for the Balkan war's crimes spkesman said that about use of the uranium in Kosovo from NATO it is in course an inquiry and that it will come put to disposition all informations... more
SecurityDEPLETED URANIUM (2): SUMMIT TUESDAY
ROME, A Foreign ministry's spokesman said that NATO and the political Alliance's Committee will meet on January 9 to discuss about depleted uranium upon Italian request. NATO would have demonstrated... more
SecurityCHOSEN THE NEW MINISTERS FOR ADMINISTRATION BUSH
U.S.A., He will be the democratic Norman Mineta, current minister of the Commerce of the Clinton administration, the minister of the Transports for the government who is being formed the neo-president... more
SecurityWAPA'S LAST NEW FOR THE YEAR 2000: THANKS AND BEST WISHES
ROME, WAPA's editorial staff, drawing near the new year's eve, wants to express its thanks to all the people who supported and helped the huge growth of the editorial activity of the agency. The... more
SecurityATTEMPTED HIJACK ON A BA FLIGHT
LONDON-NAIROBI, The man, whose identity is not known, broke into the cockpit of a plane flying from London to Nairobi and tried to take control of the aircraft disengaging the autopilot. The plane was... more
SecurityPROBABLY TWO DIED IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN ALTO ADIGE, ITALY
SARENTINO, ALTO ADIGE, ITALY, An Ecureuil B3 helicopter owned by Aeroveneta, an Italian helicopter company based at Vipiteno, near Bolzano, crashed this afternoon causing pilot's death and probably the... more
SecurityITALIAN CORPS OF FORESTERS CALL FOR TENDERS
ROME, Italian State Corps of Foresters invited tenders for 10-years maintenance, technical staff's training and forniture of 33 single-engine helicopters and of 16 twice-engine helicopters. Maximum... more
SecurityEU APPROVED LTU'S JOINED CONTROL
BRUSSELS, Eu approved the acquisition of German airline LTU by Swiss airline Sairgroup, Rewe group and German bank Oppenheim. more
SecurityHIGH-TECH RESOURCES TRACK SANTA'S ROUTE
NEW YORK, The North American Aerospace Defense Command, known as NORAD, will be charged with the holiday mission and will use "satellites, radars, and the pilots of NORAD's Canadian and American jet fighters"... more
SecurityTHREE GB SOLDIERS CHARGED OVER KILLING
KOSOVO, Three British soldiers from 1st Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, and belonging to NATO's KFOR forces, have been charged over the killing of two allegedly members of the Kosovo Liberation Army... more
SecurityINTERNET: NEW SUFFIXES FOR AVIATION INDUSTRY DOMAINS
CALIFORNIA, The Internet Corporation for Assigned names and numbers provided a new batch of domain names. The decision capped a five years discussion and helped ease the dot-com name crunch. The new suffixes,... more
SecurityGERMAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT RESIGNED
BERLIN, Reinhardt Kimm, german minister of Transport, involved in a scandal when he was the president of Saarbrucken football association, resigned, as it was demanded by the opposition party. Reinhard... more
SecurityGREAT BRITAIN: MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO HIJACK AN AIRCRAFT
UK, A man attempting to hijack an aircraft en route to London-Gatwick airport has been jailed for four years by a British court. The man, from Trinidad and Tobago and identified as Auburn Mason, thretened... more
SecurityIRAQ TO GRANT ASYLUM TO HIJACKERS
IRAQ, Iraq granted political asylum to two arabs who hijacked a saudi plane last month forcing it to fly to Baghdad. The new was officially reported by the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mohammed Said al Sahhaf.... more
SecurityBRUSSELS: STRIKE CALLED BY LUGGAGE HANDLERS AFTER ROBBERY AT AIRPORT
BRUSSELS, Laggage handlers called a strike to protest against the lack of safety after the robbery at airport. On Tuesday there was a robbery on a Lufthansa plane, parked in the airfield, carrying five... more
SecuritySRI LANKA AVIATION BOMBED TAMIL REBELS
SRI LANKA, Forty people have been killed in the bombings of Sri Lanka aviation over Tamil rebels bases. The isle, located in the south of India, is place of a civil war in which air forces play a main... more
SecurityTWO U.S. FIGHTERS STRAYINTO NORTH KOREAN AIR SPACE
WAPA-PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA, KCNA, the official north korean press agency, reported that two U.S. fighters flew over the zone of Kaesong, about ten km north of borderline with South Korea. The "immediate... more
SecurityIVORY COAST: GENERAL GUEI LEFT THE COUNTRY BY HELICOPTER
WAPA-ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST, After the fights between Gbagbo's army and the forces of general Guei, the new president accused of attempting a coup de main, the latter left Abidjan by helicopter to reach... more
SecurityMIDDLE EAST: SOME MORE ISRAELIAN HELICOPTER RAIDS
PALESTINE, After Gaza and Ramallah, israelian retaliation against palestinians, accused to lyach two israelian soldiers, continued with more attacks from military helicopters to Jordan, at Hebron,... more
SecurityTHREE ANTONOV TOOK OFF FROM BATAJNICA AIRPORT
BELGRADE, Eyewitnesses reported that three Antonov 12 took off from military airport of Batajnica, nearby Belgrade. The aircrafts, used for troop's transport, took off simultaneously. Their destination... more
SecurityLADY D. OBSESSED PRINCE CHARLES WAS GOING TO DIE FOR AN AIR CRASH
LONDON, The british newspaper Sunday Times releasead a few pieces of Lady D.'s unauthorized biography written by his private secretary Patrick Jephson. The biography is titled "Shadows of a princess".... more
SecurityFIAT NEW LINE PALIO UNVEILED AT SANTA CRUZ AIR BASE
RIO DE JANEIRO, Palio, the new Fiat line, designed by Giugiaro, was unveiled at Zeppelin airship hangar at Rio de Janeiro. Many journalists were attending the event which launches "world car" new p... more