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MiscellaneousTwo French reporters freed: to fly home by a Falcon-900
Baghdad, Iraq - By French Air Force C-130 they will reach Cyprus
The French Air Force Falcon-900 taken off in the morning from the military base of Villacoublay, will arrive to Cyprus with on board the French Foreign Minister, Michel Barnier, and two former hostages... more
MiscellaneousEntrance visa of Syrian MP refused at Washington Airport
Washington, USA - It had been issued by the American Embassy in Damascus
The Syrian MP, Mohammed Habash, unveiled only on Monday the episode occurred last December 13: Habash has reached the United States by plane landing at Dulles International Airport (Washington), where... more
MiscellaneousThree travellers arrested at Paris Airport for "Incitement to revolt"
Rome, Italy - "The Italian Embassy in Paris must claim French authorities to account for it"
Luana Zanella, Italian green deputy, put forward an urgent interpellation to Foreign Minister, Gianfranco Fini, about the episode of Franco La Cecla, an Italian passenger blocked at Paris "Charles De Gaulle"... more
MiscellaneousAmerican fighter-bombers performed a strike on the Iraqi city of Hit
Hit, Iraq - According to local hospital sources, there would be some 6 casualties and 9 injured people
Iraqi city of Hit (in the Anbar Province), located some 100 km North-West from Baghdad, would have suffered for an aerial strike this morning due to missions performed by the US fighter-bombers. According... more
MiscellaneousPalestinian rocket hit a synagogue nearby the Israeli border
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Neither victims nor injured persons among people in the building and close to it
Al Qassam brigades, linked to Hamas Palestinian armed movement, would have claimed back the launch of some Qassam rockets and several mortar shots today against various Israeli sites in the Gaza Strip... more
MiscellaneousTwo people killed in a snow-slip in Austria: the helicopter intervention was necessary
Vienna, Austria - The third female skier is seriously injured
A 41 American man was airlifted by helicopter to the Innsbruck hospital alive, later the avalanche occurred yesterday in the afternoon in Lech, skiing resort in Western Austria. The US skier died soon... more
MiscellaneousFire against an US helicopter in Darfur
Nyala, Sudan - There were no injured on board of the chopper
An helicopter which has on board African Union's observant directed to the area of Labado, about 65 kilometres far from Darfur's Southern capital, was attacked by weapon's bangs which type and calibre... more
MiscellaneousIran: "We will ask the new Iraqi Government for compensating damages of the conflict sparked off in 1980"
Teheran, Iran - The bloody war involved both Russian and French-made airplanes against US aircraft purchased during the former Iranian monarchical regime
Just one month and a half before the Iraqi election aimed to ensure the foundation of democracy in the suffering country, the Iranian Ayatollahs' regime announced that the new Iraqi Government will be... more
MiscellaneousAttack on Colombian President's plane thwarted
Bogotà, Colombia - Two FARC members had flight plans
Police arrested two members of Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and seized a lot of explosives in a raid to Cartagena, arranged for a terrorist attack on the plane of Colombia's President, Alvaro Uribe.... more
MiscellaneousAn Italian passenger sends a message informing about the hijacking of a flight
Canberra, Australia - It was an horrible joke which had an Italian tourist as protagonist
An Italian passenger on board of a flight Sydney-Vienna caused a general alarm yesterday after sending an sms to his woman informing her that his flight, one of the Lauda Airlines, had been hijacked by... more
MiscellaneousMeteors free fall in Indonesia?
Jakarta, Indonesia - Habitants were witnesses of mysterious explosions in the Capital
Indonesian Air Force radar intercepted an unidentified object early Sunday morning falling toward the earth at a great speed: habitants have in fact heard high explosions in several Jakarta districts,... more
MiscellaneousAmerican aerial strikes on Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - They would have been performed yesterday supporting the US forces on the ground against the rebels
US fighter-bombers would have heavily hit the Iraqi city of Falluja yesterday. It is what would have been reported by Arab press sources which would not be anyway able to set the reveal the number of the... more
MiscellaneousMany airlines' employees gathered outside White House
New York, Usa - Carrier employees appealed to the US Government not to permit the bankrupt airlines to drop their contracts
Hundreds of flight assistants as well as other category's employees gathered outside White House in an appeal directed to US Government as it would not permit the bankrupt airlines to drop union contracts... more
MiscellaneousItalian Minister for Environment flies to Rome because of familiar reasons
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Matteoli was attending to an international conference on the climate in Buenos Aires
The Italian Minister for Environment, Altero Matteoli, left yesterday Buenos Aires in advance to fly to Rome because of familiar reasons. The Minister, who mixed with an Italian delegation, was attending... more
MiscellaneousA plane brought down into the sea: one victim and two injured
Wellington, New Zealand - It was a Cessna 172 leased by the carrier Salt Air
An aircraft, exactly a Cessna 172, leased by the carrier Salt Air, crashed into the sea yesterday in New Zealand near Kaitaia (North Island): one victim and two injured is the account of the disaster.... more
MiscellaneousClimbers blocked on the Monte Bianco: saved by SA-315B "Lama"
Aosta, Italy - They were in good physical condition
Yesterday, a SA-315B "Lama" helicopter of Val D'Aosta Alpine Rescue, saved two alpine climbers who have been blocked on the Monte Bianco mountain since Wednesday, on the Pilier d'Angle, between Italy and... more
MiscellaneousGaza: air attack to settlements in Khan Younis
Gaza City, Strip of Gaza - Helicopter wounded four Palestinians
An Israeli gunship chopper would have injured by air-to-surface missiles four Palestinians in a Khan Younis settlements, Southern Gaza - zone well-known as Austrian quarter - while tanks and bulldozers... more
MiscellaneousNew clandestine arrivals: the first air-bridge to occur in the afternoon
Agrigento, Italy - A chopper escorted a group of immigrants to Licata
About 700 illegal have arrived to the coasts of Lampedusa, Licata and Porto Empedocle (Sicily, Italy) between the last night and this morning: they arrived by the so-called "tramp ship" and they reported... more
MiscellaneousMobile phones on board of the planes: it is necessary to start again
Washington, Usa - Fcc let public opinion to decide upon it
A board table of telecommunication Authority which took place yesterday approved the use of internet on board of the planes, but asked for time about the decision weather to approve mobile phones’ use a... more
MiscellaneousBus kidnapped in Greece: hijackers capitulated
Athens, Greece - Last six passengers got down the bus while Police arrested kidnappers
Early today, also the last six hostages have been released and the two the Russian-native hijackers surrendered to the Police. Kidnappers asked for USD 1m ransom to free bus passengers who have been taken... more
MiscellaneousItalian man may have been kidnapped
Baghdad, Iraq - It is expected confirm: the news arrived in Italy by German Embassy
The Italian Foreign Ministry is still cautious about news reported yesterday in the late afternoon: it seems that a 52 Italian man, Salvatore Santoro, from the Campania Region, has been taken hostage and... more
MiscellaneousSaddam Hussein is secluded in an US base near Baghdad Airport
Baghdad, Iraq - The news has been revealed by the Iraqi Minister for Human Rights, Bakhtiar Amin
It is officially the news, according to which, Saddam Hussein is secluded in an US base near Baghdad Airport: Bakhtiar Amin, Iraqi Minister for Human Rights, confirmed the news during a press conference... more
MiscellaneousLinate incident process: investigating judge on the scene
Milan, Italy - He ordered an inspection in the Milan air station
At summary proceedings to seven defendants for the air disaster which killed 118 persons on October 8, 2001, due to the crash between two airplanes at Linate Airport (see for details AVIONEWS), investigating... more
MiscellaneousTension between Congo and Rwanda is increasing
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - According to the Congolese authorities, the Rwandan forces' border violations caused a real war
Tension between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda has risen during the last hours. Rwandan Government would be accused by Kinshasa's regime to violate border by its soldiers in the Eastern region... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli helicopter launched a missile nearby Egyptian border
Cairo, Egypt - According to some local sources, an Egyptian citizen would have been wounded while some Palestinians were the military aircraft's target
Just when Israel and Egypt achieve a major agreement for the improvement of diplomatic relations between the two countries, thanks to the creation of a free trading area defined as a "Specialized industrial... more
MiscellaneousDid an American scientist competent on nuclear matters die due to poisoning?
Chesterfield, USA - It is the hypothesis currently under US law enforcement and Judge analysis
US scientist John Mullen (67), as an expert in nuclear technology, had been urgently committed to the hospital in Chesterfield (Missouri) on last June 29, just in the city where he lived. Medical efforts... more
MiscellaneousEU-Iran negotiation on the Iranian nuclear programme started
Brussels, Belgium - The Islamic Republic ensured it has peaceful intentions but asked Europe for an effort to provide technological support
While the UN do not think to be forced to act against the Iranian nuclear matter (see for details AVIONEWS), European Union and the Iranian Islamic Republic decided to meet again in order to start the... more
MiscellaneousCoca cultivators to defend from weedkiller air launch
Washington, USA - "La boliviana negra", created by genetic engineering, is able to resist to powerfull spray
US administration in 2003 expended over USD 750m in air missions against narco-traffic: figure destined to increase due to Colombian coca cultivators have create a kind of plants, called "La boliviana... more
MiscellaneousUS planes fired on Falluja
Baghdad, Iraq - Seven Iraqi persons killed due to suicide car bomb in Baghdad
A year to the day since Saddam Hussein was captured, US planes have fired on the East side of Falluja, where there are yet Sunni resistance groups. In Baghdad instead a suicide bomber blowed up on board... more
MiscellaneousAlaska: biologists in-flight over Bering Sea
Anchorage, Alaska - Bad weather hampers cleanup operations
Biologists go on checking the zone before Aleutian Islands at risk contamination (see for details AVIONEWS) when on Tuesday a Malaysian tankship broke in half into Bering sea: biologists overflying by... more
MiscellaneousIvory Coast: foods by plane to refugees in Liberia
Butuo, Liberia - They began to come back home
The World Food Program (WFP) transported foods by plane to Butuo, in Liberia, where there are a lot of refugees from Ivory Coast, then these aids will be distributed to other sites which are hosting the... more
MiscellaneousCell phones on plane: US Communications Authority to gather on Wednesday
Washington, USA - To consider whether there are safety conditions
According to "The New York Times", the Federal Communications Commission meeting will occur on Wednesday to consider rules that would end the official ban on cell phone use on airplanes. The Commission... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli helicopters fired on Gaza
Gaza City, Strip of Gaza - At least, six rockets were fired
Israeli Apache helicopter gunships fired rockets on Gaza City overnight and at least six rockets have seriously damaged some buildings, following a Palestinian attack which left four Israeli soldiers dead... more
MiscellaneousUSA military plane dropped bomb on Mosul
Baghdad, Iraq - There were also eight Americans wounded
On Saturday, a US military aircraft has dropped a bomb on the city of Mosul, causing an unknown number of enemy casualties and slightly injuring eight American soldiers. The half-tonne bomb shaked the... more
MiscellaneousHelicopter crash: two US soldiers killed
Baghdad, Iraq - AH-64 and UH-60 chopper involved
An incident between two Joint Force helicopters at an air base in the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed two US soldiers and injured four, all from Task Force Olympia: an AH-64 Apache helicopter hit a... more
MiscellaneousThe developments of the training/pantomime at "Charles De Gaulle"
Paris, France - Dominique de Villepin said the episode is "Punishable and scandalous"
It seems it started a disciplinary action which would presumably seen penalized the two policemen, who are responsables of the training/pantomime at Roissy’s "Charles De Gaulle" (Paris), because of heavy l... more
MiscellaneousRabei, accused among the other of the terror attacks at Madrid, flow to the Spanish capital
Madrid, Spain - He took off on Tuesday evening on board of an Iberia's plane
Ahmed Al Sayed Osmai Rabei, the presumably to be Egyptian terrorist accused among the other of the terror attacks against Madrid's trains on last March, 11, flow on Tuesday to Madrid, after a request of... more
MiscellaneousTyphoon in Philippines: four survivors carried by helicopter to hospital
Manila, Philippines - Search is continuing to locate more survivors
Four persons have been pulled by rescuers, who have dug amongst the rubble of building crushed by landslides ten days ago, following three typhoon on Quezon province (East to Manila) (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
MiscellaneousCiampi flies to Italy after his official visit in China
Shanghai, China - The head of the Italian state is 84 years old just on today
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi leaved this morning with his wife after the end of his official visit in China. The plane of the Italian President took off from Shanghai's Airport and after a technical stopover to... more
MiscellaneousLast novelties on the cases Malik/Bagri accused among the other of Air India's 182 flight bomb attack
Ottawa, Canada - The verdict by March 2005: it is a news from the Canadian judge
These are the developments in the process of the two Sikh militants Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri accused, among the other, to be implied in the disaster of Air India’s 182 flight, which k... more
MiscellaneousTurin 2006 Winter Olympics: the flame to fly by helicopter and by plane
Turin, Italy - Thanks to means offered by Italian Minister of Defense
Approaching march to XX Winter Olympic Games of Turin, started: it is a year away the beginning of olympic torch travel which on December 8, 2005 will leave from Rome to arrive in Turin on February 10,... more
MiscellaneousThe developments of the humanitarian mission of the Italian Air Force mixed with Afmal and Arc
Rome, Italy - The weekly account is 150 eyes surgical operations, more than 800 medical visits and two prompt surgical operations
The humanitarian mission of the Italian Air Force in collaboration with Afmal (An association of the Fatebenefratelli’s hospital) and Arc (Association for the researches and cooperation in the country w... more
MiscellaneousThailand: former Italian pilot jumped out of a plane to commit suicide
Bangkok, Thailand - He was suffering from the final stages of leukaemia
A former Italian pilot last weekend committed suicide jumping out of a plane over the Gulf of Thailand: Andrea Petersek, 45, was suffering from leukaemia, so on Saturday he rented a small plane and jumped... more
MiscellaneousUS Consulate in Jedda: Al Qaeda claimed back the attempt against the diplomatic site
Jedda, Saudi Arabia - The attack would be an answer against the USA's military strikes on Falluja, according to a release by the terroristic movement
Al Qaeda claimed back the attempt occurred at the US Consulate in Jedda (Saudi Arabia) yesterday (see for details AVIONEWS). According to an on-line release by the terroristic movement, whose credibility... more
MiscellaneousJapan earthquake (2): now it is expected tsunami
Tokyo, Japan - Five Hokkaido airports have not taken preventive measures
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the Eastern Hokkaido Island, it is a seismic sea-wave produced by some earthquakes and able to sweep away coasts. Five airports in Hokkaido, those... more
MiscellaneousThailandia: Hercules dropped origamies as a peace-offering to the Southern Islamic armed movements
Bangkok, Thailandia - But the answer was a hard one with blasts and some national security's members wounded
Thai Government decided to resort to a curious conciliatory step addressed to the Islamic armed movements existing in the country, following the several struggles with the Buddhist populations which would... more
MiscellaneousUSA and Austria foil illegal plot to aid Iran Army
Vienna, Austria - Two Iranians were trying to buy night vision goggles for Teheran Government
US and Austrian agents thwarted a plot to import thousands of American night vision goggles into Iran: after a two-year joint investigation, Austrian police arrested two Iranians in Vienna, Mohammed Seif... more
MiscellaneousPhilippines: helicopters to give help to typhoon victims
Manila, Philippines - USA to offer means and troops
Tool was about 1400 people dead or missing because of floods and landslides caused by three typhoons which have hit Philippines last days (see for details AVIONEWS). Washington offered to dispatch means... more
MiscellaneousThe pilot of Finnair who resulted to be inebriated before taking off has been condamned
London, United Kingdom - He resulted to be positive to the breath test, he had to spend six month time in prison
The pilot of Finnair, who on last August, 23, resulted to be positive to the breath test, was condamned to six month reclusion. The man was arrested just before he was preparing to drive a Boeing B-757... more
MiscellaneousItalian President Ciampi visiting China: "Italy encourages the cancellation of embargo on weapons export"
Beijing, China - It would have been underlined by President of Italian Republic during his official visit in the Asian country
President of Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi is visiting China and he seized a chance to comment on two delicate matters regarding regional security and defence. First of all, Italy agrees with "the... more