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AerospaceFRESH BATTERIES INSTALLED IN SPACE STATION
USA, Space Shuttle crew, undertaking several missions to set up International Space Station with permanent staff aboard, snapped new batteries into place and hauled gear into the growing outpost. Two astronauts... more
AerospaceNASA CHANDRA SATELLITE DISCOVERS INTERMEDIATE BLACK HOLES
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, New forontiers of scientific knowledge are opening thanks to Nasa research. Using X-ray telescope of Chandra's satellite, the most high-powered, found the trace of the existence... more
IndustryBAE-MARCONI: 55 MILLION SAVINGS THIS YEAR
LONDON, The last year merger between BAe Systems and Marconi met its target: BAe is expected to report £55 million savings this year. Profits before tax for the six months of the year increased to £214 m... more
SecurityMEDITERRANEAN PLANE TOUR IS GOING TO BE CONCLUDED
PERUGIA, "Peace pilots" are going to conclude next saturday the Mediterranean Plane Tour that Paolo Marcagnani, Cessna 172 pilot, together with other pilots and entrepreneurs, followed by an helicopter,... more
AccidentsBOMB THREAT ON PAKISTAN LEADER'S PLANE
NEW YORK, A jet carrying Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf was forced to return to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York after a bomb threat. The Boeing 747 of Pakistan International Airlines,... more
IndustryTHOMSON CSF: NO COMMENT ABOUT ALLIANCE WITH ALENIA AND EADS
PARIS, Thomson-CSF didn't released official statement about the possible alliance with Alenia and EADS, the avionic defense and aerospace giant. The alliance would include only planning and radar manufacturing.... more
AccidentsMASS EXORCISM AT INDIAN CRASH SITE
INDIA, A mass exorcism is taking place near the site of the air crash in India, to get rid of the ghosts of the victim still haunting the area, as Gardanibagh residents said. Sixty people died in the crash.... more
IndustryTHOMSON-CSF RISES SALES BUT LOWERS PROFITS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2000
PARIS, Thomson-csf, the industry manufacturing electronic devices for aircraft, closed the first half of the year with a rising 29% selling profit for Euro 202 million. The sale incresed 15%, Euro 3,2... more
Civil aviationU.S. COMMISSION WILL SET AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT PILOTS' WEARINESS
WASHINGTON, Weariness, fits of drowsiness, jet lags and night shifts: these are all dangerous malaise for pilots flight attendants, engineers. U.S. airlines ordered a reasearch to Stanford University,... more
Science and technologyMALPENSA 200, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES AGREE WITH CRANFIELD REPORT
BRUXELLES, Delegates of the 12 airlines, which last March 16 raised the question of air traffic allocation at Malpensa 2000, completely agree with report of Cranfield University, European Commission's... more
AerospaceFRENCH PARACHUTIST MICHEL FOURNIER ON THE EDGE OF HUMAN LIMIT
SAO PAULO, The french parachutist Michel Fournier will attempt an undertaking on the edge of human limit, to overcome the sound wall by free fall launching himself into the stratosphere from an helium... more
AirlinesLARGER FLEET AND MORE SERVICES FOR EMIRATES WITHIN THE YEAR
DUBAI, EMIRATES, Emirates will provide customers new services before the end of 2000. The first new will include new routes, no-stop flights between Dubai and Madras-Chennai (India's important shopping... more
AccidentsPILOT COLLAPSES WHILE LANDING
TOKYO, A pilot of a regional japanese flight collapsed while landing at Saga airport when the aircraft, an Airbus A-320, was standing 300 metres far from the ground. The immediate intervention of the co-pilot... more
AccidentsFORTY PEOPLE INTOXICATED BY FUMES AT AIR TERMINAL
SYDNEY, A few days before the beginning of Sydney Olympic Games the airport of the australian capital city was scene of an accident giving officials a lot of worries. Forty people were intoxicated... more
DefenseEQUAL RIGHTS PROTEST ON U.S. AIRCARRIERS
WASHINGTON D.C., Equal rights always take troubles, as, for example, the ones reported by Pentagon about crew's protests on the 11 U.S. aircarriers. The increase of women in the staff, about 10%, convinced... more
AccidentsTWO AIRCRAFT STANDING ON THE SAME CORRIDOR BEFORE LANDING NEARLY TO COLLIDE IN OSLO
OSLO, NORWAY, Two aircrafts stood on the same corridor during landing mnouvre and an automatic alarm system prevented a disastrous crash. It occurred at Oslo airport last friday involving two Sas aircrafts,... more
AirlinesALITALIA'S FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR REPORT CONFIRMED $150 MILLION LOSS FOR FUEL PRICE
ROME, Fuel price and dollar exchange rate are confirmed to be the main reasons of Alitalia's crisis. The official Alitalia report, approved by board of directors, confirms the loss of about $180 million... more
PeopleITALIANS FLIES INTO A RAGE WITH AIR FRANCE: 96 HOURS TO BACK HOME FROM POLYNESIA
ROME, Thirthy italians went through a real odissey to back from Polynesia: four days to back home after flying from Papeete to Los Angeles via Honolulu to return to Paris where they were finally boarded... more
AirlinesUNITED AIRLINES LOOK TOWARDS PILOT'S NEEDS
USA, US United Airlines, one of the world's largest airline, has decided to move closer in order to resolve a contract dispute with its pilots that has caused a remarkable damage to airline, forcing... more
PeopleRAINS FALLING DOWN ON ILLINOIS: OVERCROWDED CHICAGO AIRPORT LOUNGES
NEW YORK, After escaping danger of Florence hurricane over pacific ocean, beacause it is expected to whip up Bermudas, United States went through bad moments for thunderstorms flooding Illinois. Bad weather... more
PeopleJAPAN: OKINAWA FLIGHTS DELAYED AFTER SAOMAI TYPHOON PASSED BY
TOKYO, Japan is actually whipped up by Saomai typhoon, who is affecting transports and even 11 Toyota's plants. Five killed, 4 missing persons and about 30 injured people. this is the stock of the... more
AerospaceVIDEOCAMS AND SATELLITES TO SPY US AND SEND SHOOTINGS THROUGH INTERNET
LOS ANGELES, Over the "Big Brother" and the movie "Public enemy", in which Will Smith was hunted and observed from above with hyper-technological devices with no way out, a network of videocams will... more
Science and technologyMR HYDE'S CRAZY CRAZY FLIGHT TRYING TO LIVE WRIGHTS' UNDERTAKING AGAIN
WASHINGTON, Ken Hyde, 61 years old, american airlines' jet commander for many years, had the weird idea of living legendary Wright brothers' flight again. One hundred years after their takeoff Hyde... more
PeopleGREEK CIVIL AVIATION: 48 HOURS STRIKE CALLED FOR SEPTEMBER 15 AND 16
ATHENS, Ypa, the greek Civil Aviation, called a strike for next September 15 and 16. The air traffic controllers took this drastic measure to request a service restructuring and the recruitment of qualified... more
DefenseRUSSIAN AIR FORCE. FORTY THOUSANDS SOLDIERS DISMISSED
MOSCOW, russian army is planning to reduce its corps. Igor Sergheyev, russian minister of Defense, intends to reduce the Air Force Corp of one third. His plan is aimed at dismissING 180.000 infantry soldiers,... more
IndustryROLLS-ROYCE TRENT 500 ENGINE: TESTS WERE SUCCESFULL
LONDON, Rolls-Royce Trent 500, the engine that will power Airbus A340 jetliner, passed succesfully the first scheduled tests. Since June, 29 flights have been made as a trial test, for a total of 49... more
DefenseIRAQ DEPLORING JORDAN COURT JUDGEMENT ABOUT TRIFONI-SGARBI CASE
BAGHDAD, Iraqui embargo and the denied access of its air space still represents a tight bond. So the iraqui Parliament harshly deplored jordan Court's judgement convicting italian pilot Nicola Trifoni... more
Accidents747 ENGINE EXPLOSION DAMAGES BUILDINGS
JAKARTA, The large burst part of the engine fallen down from a Japan Airlines Boeing 737, flying from Indonesia to Tokio, crashing in the suburbs of Jakarta, damaged 16 houses, but nobody was injured.... more
PeopleRUSSIA OPPOSES TO ECAC'S PROJECT
VERONA, "One sky" project proposed by Ecac's President Alfredo Roma is facing obstacles around Europe. Spain is the less convinced country with the project. Russia, by itself, refuses to join the Conference,... more
SecurityJOHN KENNEDY JR. UNLUCKY AIRCRAFT SOLD HALF PRICE
NEW YORK, The plane piloted by John Kennedy Junior from April 1998 to May 1999, two months before he crashed with his second plane, a Piper Saratoga, seems to be definitely unlucky. The Cessna didn't receive... more
AirlinesU.S. AIRLINES CANCELLED FLIGHTS TOP RANKING
USA, U.S. Department of Transport said United Airlines was the carrier having the highest number of cancelled flights in July. They were 5128, 7,7% of total number of flights. Alaska Airlines got second... more
AirlinesINDIA: NEW FLIGHT SECURITY MEASASURES
NEW DELHI, DGCA, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, requested Indian Airlines more careful maintenance controls over aircrafts. Most of them have been manufactured between 15 and 20 years ago. Indian... more
AerospaceCLINTON: "MOSCOW HAS TO NEGOTIATE ABOUT SPACE SHIELD"
WASHINGTON, U.S. are showing iron hand towards Russia about the space shield: there will be no negotiate regarding other reductions of nuclear weapons until Moscow government will not accept talks about... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA (ECAC): "ONLY ONE AUTHORITY TO MANAGE EUROPEAN SKY"
VERONA, Alfredo Roma, Ecac's President, ended Verona meeting saying "only one central authority for flight management, ready to urge security interventions, passengers' rights, environment, harmonization... more
DefenseSECRETS REVEALED ABOUT ATOMIC WEAPONS, FBI RELEASES DOCTOR LEE
LOS ANGELES, The release of the chinese scientist Wen Ho Lee, imprisoned since 9 months for reporting military secrets to China, closes one of the most sensational spy-story of recent years, confirming... more
AccidentsMD-80 MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT DALLAS AIRPORT
DALLAS, USA, An American Airlines MD-80 made an emergency landing at Dallas Forth Worth International Airport after the pilot stopped an engine because of an unproper working of lubricating system as signalled... more
AirlinesBRITISH MIDLAND RE-ENTERS U.S. MARKET
GREAT BRITAIN, The english airline British Midwest, the second carrier of Great Britain after British Airways, will announce in the week its intention to return, after 18 years, to fly to U.S. The first... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING AFTER PLANE'S ENGINE FAILS
USA, An America West Airline aircraft carryng 100 people made an emengency landing at Sky Harbor International Airport. The Boeing 757 flying from San Francisco to Phoenix had an engine shut down when... more
PeopleALFREDO ROMA (ECAC): "AN IMMEDIATE EUROPEAN AUTHORITY FOR CIVIL AVIATION"
ROME, "We need a real european Authority for Civil Aviation". This was the proposal of Enac and Ecac's President, Alfredo Roma. This proposal replies to the one made by the european commissioner for Transport... more
AirlinesTRANSOCEANIC PARTNERSHIP FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS
LONDON, British Airways started negotiations with Northwest Airlines, one of the major U.S. airlines, for a transoceanic air transport project in which the american carrier would replace American Airlines,... more
AccidentsAIR CRASH KILLS A MAN
SCOTLAND, A light aircraft crashed near Llyn y Fan Fach in the Black Mountains in Wales. The pilot died and his body was flown by RAF to Singleton Hospital. Police made a through search of the area and... more
AccidentsITALIAN PEOPLE GIVE UP FLIGHT FOR FEARING A TECHNICAL PROBLEM OF THE AIRCRAFT
EL CAIRO, Fear won for once, the most obvious reaction felt before boarding an aircraft going to takeoff in unsecure condition. The 19 italian passengers of a private charter flying from El Cairo to... more
AccidentsDRUNKEN WATERPOLO TEAMS ABOARD, COMMANDER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING
ROMA, An Air Malta Boeing 737 flying from Malta to Budapest was forced to make an emergency landing at Fiumicino airport for an overjoyed atmosphere distrurbing passengers. The drunken state of about... more
AccidentsTWA AIRCRAFT ABORTS TAKEOFF FOR CO-PILOT'S SIDE UNLATCHED
WASHINGTON, A Twa jetliner aborted takeoff at Kennedy Airport after the pilot noticed that co-pilot's side had been left unlatched. The Boeing 767, bound for St. Louis with 233 people aboard, blew six... more
AccidentsEMERGENCY LANDING FOR A TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT CARRYING THREE PEOPLE
GORIZIA, A twin engine german aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Friuli-Venezia Giulia Ronchi dei Legionari regional airport five minutes after takeoff. No passenger was injured. The aircraft... more
AccidentsPIERRE GRAF: "FRENCH CONCORDE READY TO FLY AGAIN SOON
PARIS, Concorde supersonic jet, after the crash of July 25 at Charles De Gaulle airport in which 113 people were killed, could fly again in a short while. But this period risks to be extended to two years... more
AirlinesSIX U.S. AIRLINES RISE TICKET PRICE
USA, The six major U.S. airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and US Airways decided by common consense to increase $20 round-trip tickets... more
AirlinesEASYJET CAMPAIGN AGAINST AIRPORT TAXES INCREASE STANDS STILL
LONDON, The low-cost english airliner founded and owned by Stelios-Haji-Ioannou had a standstill in its campaign against the triple increase of airport taxes decided by the management of Luton airport.... more
AirlinesU.S. AIRLINES BETTER ON TIME IN JULY
USA, The U.S. Transport Department said american airlines have been slightly more punctual in the month of July. The 70.6% of the flights have been on time against the 66,3 of June. The best airline... more
DefenseSECRETS REVEALED ABOUT ATOMIC WEAPONS, SCIENTIST LEE TO HELP THE INQUIRY
LOS ALAMOS, The inquiry about the revelation of atomic secrets from New Mexico lab is coming to an end. Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee pleaded guilty for a minor offence among the 59 counts of indictement.... more