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ReportIndia. Argument in cockpit: pilot and copilot leave control of aircraft
Mumbai, India - It happened last January 1st on a Jet Airways plane, according to the local press reported it today
The Indian local press reported it today but the fact happened on New Year's Day on a B-777 airplane of the Indian carrier Jet Airways, on the London-Mumbai route with 324 passengers and 14 crewmembers... more
Report"Eleanor" beats France and UK: strong winds, aircraft and transport in difficulty
Paris, France - Closed Basle-Mulhous-Fribourg Eurofacility and that in Strasbourg. The storm rages now to North
The "Carmen" tempest was not enough in the last days that has hit France lashed with winds up to 100 km/h. Last night Ile de France has been interested also with the passage of "Eleanor", that in its intense... more
ReportAirplanes. A woman with two kg of drug: stopped at Zurich Airport
Zurich, Switzerland - Cocaine, hidden in the false bottom of the suitcases
A 25 year old Slovenian woman has been stopped in the last days in the transit area of the Zurich-Kloten International Airport after have to make suspicious the security forces. Following to the controls... more
ReportKorea test: Hwasong-15 missile noticed at short distance from passenger-aircraft of Cathay -VIDEO
Rome, Italy - The fact happened last November 29, day of the last missile test in Pyongyang
Different international press media reporting what declared today by Cathay Pacific, report that the crew of an airliner aircraft of the Chinese carrier, CX893 flight took off from San Francisco to Hong... more
ReportMistery about the death of a Saudi Prince: a shot down helicopter, or an accident? The implications... -2 VIDEOS
Tehran, Iran - The day after the wave of arrests of princes and prominent persons. An intricate story, among struggles for power and claimants to the throne?
The rumors that were reported today by the Iranian news channel in Arabic language "Al-Alam News" about the death that occurred yesterday evening of the Saudi-Arabian Prince Mansour bin Muqrin -which was... more
ReportAirplanes. Pedestrian finds envelope with delicate data of Heathrow airport: London quivers
London, UK - 76 files with details of the airport security plans, but also the program of itineraries of the Queen and details on her safety net
The news, departed from "Sunday Mirror", yesterday spread on all British tabloid. An uninformed pedestrian has discovered by chance on the way an USB key in an envelope with Heathrow Airport security plans.... more
ReportAircraft and transport. Strike in France tomorrow
Paris, France - In the context of a national protest of the interprofessional public sector
DGAC, the French civil aviation Directorate general, unveils a notice of strike that in the context of a national protest of the interprofessional public sector, will interest also the field of air transport... more
ReportAirplanes. Malfunction creates chaos in the world airports
Rome, Italy - Black-out to the registration system and passenger embarking. The solution is gradually improving
From London-Gatwick to "De Gaulle" in Paris, from Washington to Frankfurt, Seoul, Baltimora, Melbourne, Zurich, Tokyo, to Singapore up to Johannesburg: it is chaos in the world airports that is provoking... more
ReportUkraine: ammunition depot exploded. Closed air space -VIDEO
Kiev, Ukraine - The second fire on a facility of this kind from the beginning of the year
One of the greatest Ukraine ammunition depots located near Kalynivka, in the central region of Vinnytsia, 200 km west of Kiev, has been interested in the last days from a wide fire that has provoked a... more
ReportAttack at the London Tube, an improvised bomb explodes
London, United Kingdom - About twenty people got injured, according to British police it would be terrorism
The explosion that occurred this morning at 8:20 in a carriage of the London (United Kingdom) underground was caused by an improvised explosive device, it was the English police to confirm it and to say... more
ReportSerious North-Korean risk: one of its missiles threatens Japan and the United States
Pyongyang, North Korea - The rocket travelled 3700 km, flying over the Japanese island of Hokkaido and falling into the Pacific
On Friday morning at 6:57 am (local time) North Korea launched another missile. The rocket probably a medium-range ballistic missile departed from the Sunan base -next to the airport of the North-Korean... more
ReportHoax bomb threats in Moscow, thousands of people evacuated
Moscow, Russia - The telephone calls warning about the presence of explosive devices would have been over one-hundred; in recent days similar threats in other Russian locations
About fifty-thousand people were evacuated yesterday in Moscow (Russia) following over one-hundred telephone calls that were received by local authorities that warned about the presence of bombs. The established... more
ReportHurricane "Irma": "the greatest airlift" since the last war to help French Antilles
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe - President Macron said that while visiting the region just after the passage of the storm
The French President Emmanuel Macron landed in the overseas French department of Guadeloupe, a territory marked by the recent passage of hurricane "Irma". From the devastated region he said about the aid... more
ReportIrritant gas at the airport of Frankfurt, 6 people treated
Frankfurt, Germany - The incident is being investigated, airport operations continue
Six people got intoxicated this morning at about 11 am at the Frankfurt Airport, experiencing breathing problems, eye irritation and needing medications. The incident took place in the Terminal 1 of the... more
ReportDrone over Saint Peter's Basilica, aircraft confiscated and charges for the owner
Rome, Italy - Italian carabinieri catched yesterday a Russian tourist who was filming in violation of Italian laws
Over the historic centre of Rome and over Vatican City there is for safety reasons a ban on flights, a no-fly zone that some tourists continue to ingnore, we do not know if for a lack of information about... more
ReportTrainer aircraft went missing in Myanmar
Yangon, Myanmar - Contacts with the airplane of the Myanmar Air Force were lost on Tuesday
Reaserches are being conducted in Burma -formerly known as Republic of Myanmar- for a trainer airplane of the Country's Air Force, that went missin on Tuesday during a training flight. The news was officially... more
ReportHurricane Irma: evacuations in the Caribbean and in Florida, the airplane of the Pope changed its route
Rome, Italy - Expected winds up to 295 km/h, the hurricane is the strongest one ever from the Atlantic Ocean
Hurricane "Irma" that with category 5 and sustained winds up to 185 miles per hour (almost 300 km/h) is the strongest one ever recorded among those started in the Atlantic Ocean, touched the first Antilles... more
ReportAirports closed in Houston for the tropical storm "Harvey"
Houston, USA - Flooding made the roads to the airports unusable. Severe damages to the region and five confirmed dead because of the bad weather
Airplanes have been cancelled and airports closed in Houston, Texas (USA) since yesterday, following the flooding caused by the tropical storm called "Harvey" by meteorologists. Arriving from the Gulf... more
ReportA Barbie doll and a luggage overweight: the attack at the airplane from Sydney was avoided in this way
Rome, Italy - The Minister of Interior of Lebanon explained it yesterday
Further details on the attack wich was blocked this July in Australia were released yesterday by the Minister of Interior of Lebanon Nohad Machnouk. According to what the press reported the four men who... more
ReportBaggage handlers strike at Brussels airport. It's chaos: a list of interested air carriers
Brussels, Belgium - Demonstration without notice of the workers
Chaos in these hours at the Brussels-Zaventem airport, where a strike without notice of the company which is responsible of baggage handling is creating many problems to passengers. The turmoil is affecting... more
ReportMan arrested in Turkey: Russian citizen close to Daesh is suspected of wanting to shoot down a US aircraft by a drone
Ankara, Turkey - The man would be also involved in the preparations for an attack to a religious minority
A man of Russian nationality -Renat Bakiev- was detained yesterday by Turkish police on charges of preparing an attack to a military aircraft of the United States by an airplane-helicopter drone. The arrest... more
ReportFight and knives at the airport of Istanbul: scuffle among 40 workers
Istanbul, Turkey - The conflict happened the night between Friday and Saturday: the employees of two rival firms operating at the airport accused to steal each other's customers
The employees of two rival transport firms operating at the "Sabiha Gökçen" Istanbul International Airport (Turkey) -the second airport of the town after that of Istanbul-Atatürk- had a fight on the ni... more
ReportMan sentenced for the airplane disaster on August 6, 2005, will not be extradited to Italy
Rome, Italy - The association of the victims calls the Minister Orlando, the French court of appeal said there was an error in the documentation
The court of appeal of Paris rejected the request of Italian authorities to extradite the Tunisian copilot -who is currently in France- that in 2013 was considered by the Italian High Court to be among... more
ReportSuspected of planning to crash an airplane, four arrests in Austrialia. Security has been raised at airports
Sydney, Australia - Police stopped four people Saturday night during searches and investigations that are not yet concluded
Very limited information were released by Australian police authorities on the details of the investigation that Saturday led to searches in the suburbs of Sydney (Australia) and to the arrest of four... more
ReportQatar and the diplomatic crisis: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt published a new blacklist
Rome, Italy - The number of organizations and people accused of links with terrorism rises to eighty-nine
Following the diplomatic crisis that started in June between Qatar -on one side- and Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain -on the other one- with consequences also on air transport, the... more
ReportSwitzerland reopened the case of the Swissair airplane exploded in '70, known as "Würenlingen"
Bern, Switzerland - 47 victims. The guilty parties, reknown, did never suffer a trial. New light on the matter that concealled the PLO shadow
The public ministry of the Helvetic Confederation (MPC) received a request for the reopening of the inquiry of that defined as the "Würenlingen case", when on February 21, 1970 a bomb exploded and a Convair... more
ReportNew test by Pyongyang: North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile, Russia and China propose a solution - VIDEO
Pyongyang, North Korea - The latest provocation heats up diplomatic relations three days before the G20
With a message on its State television North Korea celebrated on Tuesday the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the last one of the many tests that were conducted this year and the first... more
ReportWoman arrested at Heathrow Airport: suspected of terrorism
London, United Kingdom - The arrest was yesterday evening, the twenty-one year old woman had just returned from the Middle East
The Metropolitan Police of London arrested yesterday at Heathrow International Airport a twenty-one year old woman under suspicion of Syria-related terrorist activities. The young woman was detained just... more
ReportHelicopters. "Bribes" by Finmeccanica to India. Second appeal towards a double international rogatory
Milan, Italy - After that asked by Delhi to Italy, one also asked by the Milan's General prosecutors. Orsi and Spagnolini still under indictment
The supposed bribes by Finmeccanica (today Leonardo) to India are again reported in these hours. It is in the context of the tender for purchase of 12 helicopters announced by the Delhi's Government (worth... more
ReportThe tension on the Baltic raises: F-16 of NATO gets close to the airplane of the Russian Minister of Defence
Moscow, Russia - According to Russian sources the aircraft would have been pushed away by a SU-27 that showed its weapons
The airplanes of the USA, NATO and those of Russia continue to fly at close range on the skies of the Baltic Sea. According to Russian sources yesterday a F-16 aircraft of NATO would have got very close... more
ReportFire in Portugal kills more than sixty people, among whom also children. More than 1500 firemen in the region, Canadair aircraft have been sent too
Lisbon, Portugal - The fire that started in the forests of the Pedrógão Grande region on Saturday spread very quickly and is not extinguished yet
Sixty-two deads -of whom four children- and fifty injured people of whom 5 in serious conditions is the not yet final death toll of the huge fire that since Saturday devastated the region around Pedrógão G... more
ReportAirlift from Iran to Qatar: four cargo planes deliver food to the emirate
Doha, Qatar - The Iranian Republic sent yesterday the first support to the Country that one week ago was cut off by Saudi Arabia and some other Arab Countries
Four cargo planes from Iran Air landed yesterday in Doha -the capital of Qatar- with fruit, vegetables and other foods to supply the population of the emirate after that Arabia Saudita, United Arab Emirates,... more
ReportAirplanes, terrorism and Gulf crisis: stop to the flights to Qatar. But "the agreement with Meridiana is not at risk"
Rome, Italy - The most serious break since constitution in 1981 of the Council of Cooperation of the Gulf
In the middle of the most serious diplomatic crisis never recorded since 1981 - year of the birth of the Council of cooperation of the Persian Gulf Countries- there is the charge to fund the terrorism... more
ReportMoscow-Rome flight. A man tries to provoke fire on an airplane: stopped at Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Alerted by the captain during the route, the authorities have arranged psychiatric checks for him
Probably an insane action pushed an American man to try to set on fire in the toilette of an airplane of the Russian Aeroflot, that in the early afternoon of yesterday was in flight from Moscow to Rome-Fiumicino,... more
ReportItalian Minister Alfano: 200,000 euros for the people struck by the floods in Sri Lanka
Rome, Italy - "Used to distribute food rations to the civilian population in the Country’s monsoon-struck centre-southern provinces"
“Italy has immediately wanted to make a contribution to face the serious humanitarian crisis caused by the recent floods in Sri Lanka", said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, A... more
ReportBomb explodes after concert in Manchester, twenty-two persons including children died and dozens got wounded
Manchester, United Kingdom - The attack probably by a kamikaze happened yesterday night at an arena crowded with young people
An attack happened yesterday night in Manchester (United Kingdom) at the end of Ariana Grande's concert at the Manchester Arena, a place that may accomodate twenty-one thousand people. The young American... more
ReportHybrid aircraft: the Airlander 10 is back to skies, it is the largest aircraft in the world -2 VIDEOS
Bedford, United Kingdom - After the accident that happened last year Hybrid Air Vehicles successfully made a new flight test
After the accident that occurred in August of last year when it crashed to the ground on his second flight test, on Wednesday night the largest hybrid aircraft in the world, the Airlander 10 returned to... more
ReportAlfano: "Grief and dismay for the terrible attack in Paris"
Rome, Italy - The Italian Foreign Ministry's Crisis Unit is operative
"Grief and dismay for the terrible attack on the French Police in Paris. We are close to the families of the people involved and to France. The Foreign Ministry's Crisis Unit is operative. We advise Italians... more
ReportPlanes and fuel, BP asks 59 million dollars in damages to subsidiary of Delta Air Lines
Rome, Italy - According to the petrol giant the company Monroe Energy would have used an unfounded pretext to terminate a three-year contract for the purchase of oil
The oil Group BP started a lawsuit against Monroe Energy, a subsidiary company of Delta Air Lines that in 2012 acquired a 185,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Philadelphia with the aim to process oil... more
ReportPassenger pulled off United Airlines plane. CEO apologizes publicly - VIDEO
Chicago, USA - The flight was overbooked. The airline had drawn people who should leave the aircraft to board a crew and the man had refused to do so
The CEO of United Airlines Oscar Munoz appeared on television yesterday to end the controversy of the last days that followed the publication of the videos of the passenger who was brutally dragged off... more
ReportUSA launches 59 missiles against military base in Syria. Aircraft and infrastructures were hit. Russia suspends memorandum with US on Syria
Washington, USA - Trump's Tomahawks hit the Assad's base from where the Syrian military operation with chemical weapons of last Tuesday in Idlib probably started
59 Tomahawk missiles where launched last night by the United States against the Al Shayrat military base in Syria. The attack happened at about 3:40 am (local time). Aircraft, arsenals and airfield infrastructures... more
ReportBombing in Saint Petersburg, it was a kamikaze. USA ready to collaborate to defeat terrorism
Saint Petersburg, Russia - Investigations continue in the subway of the Russian city. Meanwhile Trump called Putin on Tuesday and received the Egyptian President Al-Sisi
The carnage that happened last Monday in the subway of Saint Petersburg was caused by a kamikaze who was on the train. Russian investigators also identified his name. The suicide attacker would have been... more
ReportSaint Petersburg. The train driver prevented a greater number of victims
Saint Petersburg, Russia - Authorities declared three days of mourning. Condolences offered by leaders from every part of the world
Three days of mourning were declared by the Governor of Saint Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko to commemorate the victims of the bombing in the subway of the Russian town that caused the death of 9 people... more
ReportAirplane transported rhinos from South Africa to Botswana: towards a free life from the poaching
Cape Town, South Africa - A project to contributes to salvage of the species
"It called 'Rhino without borders' and it is an organization that aiming at the salvage of the species, works to the transfer project from South Africa to Botswana of 100 examplaries of white rhino. The... more
ReportPlanes and security. Saint Petersburg attack (2): the airport increases surveillance -VIDEO
Saint Petersburg, Russia - Inspections and controls have been tightened after the bombing occurred in the subway station
The airport of Saint Petersburg has tightened the controls at the entrance, on luggage and before boarding the airplanes after that an explosion in the subway of the city killed 9 and wounded dozens of... more
ReportCo-pilot of American Arlines B-737 plane dies during commercial flight: 142 people were on board
Albuquerque, USA - It happened on Wednesday afternoon. The aircraft departed from Dallas with destination New Mexico and regularly landed to its destination
A pilot from American Airlines died on Wednesday afternoon while he was co-piloting a B-737 plane which had departed from the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport in Texas (USA) and was heading to... more
ReportPlanes and industry. Judge of preliminary hearing puts Alessandro Profumo on trial as former president of MPS
Rome, Italy - In 2014 a businessman accused two Italian banks -among which MPS- to practice interest rate exceeding the allowed limits
According to press reports the future CEO of Leonardo Alessandro Profumo would have been put on trial as former president of the Italian Bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) for a legal proceeding that... more
ReportAirplane crashed in South Sudan (2): occupants all safe
Wau, South Sudan - A spokesperson of the South Supreme Airlines affirmed it
Further details on the crash occurred to the airplane of South Supreme Airlines on the runway of the South-Sudanese airport of Wam arrive always by the local newspaper "National Courier", that on its... more
ReportPlanes and denials. Trump's executive order on entries into the United States is blocked again
Washington, USA - Judge in Hawaii suspends the ban nationwide, believing it is discriminatory
The executive order which was signed on March 6 by the US President Donald Trump has been temporarily suspended just before it became effective. Because of the disputes and the problems in airports that... more
ReportPlanes and industry. 82 notifications to people under investigation: Italian Financial Police controls the account books of Finmeccanica
Rome, Italy - The behaviour of managers and employees who are accused to misappropriate money and dodge taxes is under investigation
82 people -managers and employees of Finmeccanica- would have misappropriated resources of the company between 2008 and 2014: this is what the Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza, GdF) of Rome (Italy)... more