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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
ReportThe plane of discord. Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Holland become more and more fiery
Istanbul, Turkey - The reaction of Turkish President Erdogan does not stop, after that two of his ministers who wanted to attend electoral meetings in Rotterdam were drived back
We do not know if Dutch authority imagined such a serious diplomatic reaction when on last Saturday denied landing in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) to the plane of the Turkish Foreign Affair Minister Mevlut... more
ReportSWISS airplane landed safely in Dakar for a technical problem
Dakar, Senegal - The pilot has observed a trouble to the fuel pumping system
A spokesperson of the same Helvetic airline SWISS (Lufthansa Group) commented news on technical inconvenience. A scheduled airplane of the carrier while it was on Zurich-Sao Paulo route yesterday night,... more
ReportAirbus Foundation and IFRC fly relief goods to Uganda by an A-330
Toulouse, France - To transport 17 tons from UK to Entebbe
The Airbus Foundation has used an A-330 test aircraft to transport 100m 3 (17 tonnes) of relief equipment and specialized water and sanitation equipment from East Midlands Airport, United Kingdom, to Entebbe,... more
ReportAirplanes. France: March 6-10, strike by air traffic controllers. Cancellations
Paris, France - From 25% to 33% of the flights annulled from/to South and West. Discomforts predicted in all Country and with a domino effect
The French air traffic controllers belonging to the UNSA-ICNA unions go on strike from today to March 10. Five days of protest that will cause the cancellation from 25% to 33% of the links (and airplanes... more
ReportAirplanes and security. Trump revises his rule of access to USA: no restriction for the Iraqi
New York, USA - The new version of the measure will be signed soon
Close sources to the White House unveiled it. It is nearly ready the new version of the measure that the new President Trump has taken compared to the visa of the access to USA that many debates had caused.... more
ReportKim Jong-nam murder in Kuala Lumpur: killed by nerve gas. The airport decontaminated
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The theory of hired assassins sent by North Korea damages relationships between Pyongyang and Malaysia
The Malaysian security forces unveiled the results of the autopsy on the Kim Jong nam's body, half brother of the current North Korean leader Kim Jong un, killed at half of February at the Kuala Lumpur... more
ReportEmergency landing for an Air France airplane in Brindisi: a child on board had a myocardial infarction
Brindisi, Italy - The first aid and the race to the hospital led by AMI were vain
He had already had surgery, in order to have that journey of hope from Madagascar to Paris, to be accepted in a French Center where he would be put up for adoption. But unfortunately the child, who was... more
ReportAttack at Istanbul Airport: life sentence for 45 people
Istanbul, Turkey - 41 arrested and 4 still at large
It has been about eight months since the terrorist attack that took place at the "Ataturk" airport in Istanbul, one of the most important airports in the world, on 28 June 2016 at 10:00pm (9:00pm Cet).... more
ReportThe North-Korean Kim Jong-un's brother pulled aside at the Kuala Lumpur airport and killed
Pyongyang, North Korea - The Governmental sources would be reported it
The North Korean agency "Yonhap" mentioning Governmental sources unveiled it yesterday. Kim Jong-nam, debated half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would have been pulled aside by two women... more
ReportDutch C-130 airplane landed in emergency at Brindisi airport
Brindisi, Italy - It transported soldiers and material from Cyprus to Germany in the context of the "Unficyp" UN mission. Problem to an engine
It returned with material and ten soldiers from Cyprus in the context of the "Unficyp", the UN peacekeeping mission on Cypriot territory. The military airplane had a breakdown to an engine last Saturday... more
ReportCopilot's sudden illness: easyJet airplane delays departure from Venice
Venice, Italy - Waiting hours until a replacement arrival
It happens also to the pilots. An easyJet airplane has taken off around at midnight of yesterday rather than at 6:45pm as scheduled, from Venice-Tessera to Berlin as final destination. It would be departed... more
ReportFrance. Explosion in nuclear power station
Paris, France - Five people intoxicated but no danger of radioactive leakage
An explosion occurred this morning at around 10am in the French nuclear power station in Flamanville, low Normandy. The nr 1 reactor has been blocked and seems that there are no risks of a radioactive... more
ReportPresidential election of 2012: Sarkozy charged to have financed it with "illegal" funds
Paris, France - The ex-French president remanded
"Black" funds. Remanded the former President, Nicolas Sarkozy will have to to answer to the judges of a court about the funds used for his running at Eliseo in 2012. According to emerged by the inquiry... more
ReportUSA-Iran verbal crossfire. Khamenei to Trump: "The Iranian population will react to the threats"
Tehran, Iran - All it begins from the executive order on the entries into the USA
The ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei speaks: the last "episode" ot the "tit for tat" between America and Iran caused from the executive order signed last January 27, which with the president Trump suspended... more
ReportPlanes and immigration. Appeal Court rejects Trump's request, people hurry up to enter USA
Washington, USA - A federal judge suspended his executive order and the Department of Justice lodged appeal: now the Court asks to advocate the reasons of the presidential decision
It's a race against time to boarding planes to USA after that yesterday the Appeal Court rejected the request by the United States Department of Justice against the decision of the federal judge from Seattle... more
ReportTrain disaster in Viareggio. Salvini (Lega nord) agrees with relatives: Moretti leaves Leonardo (ex-Finmeccanica)
Rome, Italy - The secretary of the party declared it in a post on web
In the aftermath of the verdict by the Lucca Court, that has imposed last Tuesday for the disaster in Viareggio (Tuscany) a 7 year sentence to the ex-CEO of RFI, Mauro Moretti, today CEO of Leonardo, ex-Finmeccanica,... more
ReportPlanes and crews. Trump's executive order creates troubles to workers
Washington, USA - Airlines are compelled to review the flying crews of aircrafts bound for Usa and to further control passengers
Donald Trump's executive order of January 27 -that banned citizens from Iran, Iraq, Siria, Libia, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen from entering the United States- created problems to air carriers. Airlines were... more
ReportAirplanes. Amsterdam Airport in tilt due to a failure to computer of the air traffic control system
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - After three hours from its beginning the delays are about a hour. Cancellations and redirections on other airports
Discomfort and long waits from this morning for delays, cancellations and redirections towards other airports due to a technical failure to the air traffic control computerized system of the Amsterdam-Schiphol... more
ReportViareggio train disaster (2). The verdict accepted in religious silence
Lucca, Italy - Same sentence of 7 years for Moretti and for Elia
A religious silence mainly by the families of the victims (32 people) of the Viareggio disaster, accepted the reading of the long legal ruling in the early hours of this afternoon. These are the last phases... more
Report14 kilos of cocaine in the nose of an American Airlines B-757 airplane
Tulsa, USA - The aircraft had just arrived from Colombia and had been stopped for maintenance
Fourteen kilograms of cocaine were found on Sunday night in the nose of a B-757 of American Airlines during a special maintenance. The plane was coming from Bogota (Colombia) and had landed in Miami, Florida.... more
ReportJudgement on Viareggio's train disaster is expected today at 3:00 pm
Viareggio, Italy - Among the defendants there is also Mauro Moretti ex-CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato and today CEO of Leonardo-Finmeccanica
The Court just met to decide the sentences at the trial for the disaster of Viareggio, in Tuscany. Judgement is expected by 3:00 pm. Judges will have to establish responsibilities of defendants regarding... more
ReportAirplanes. Heathrow Airport informs: fog on London, hardships on the air traffic
London, UK - Until now about 100 cancelled flights. Problem on the South of the Country and also at Stansted
The London-Heathrow airport informed about possible hardships today to its air traffic due to a thick fog on London and on South region of the Country. In this moment in which we write, in its account... more
ReportDonald Trump's Cabinet team
Washington, Usa - A list of the main appointments made by the new President of the United States
Donald Trump just charged the last member of his Cabinet. The appointees started working on Friday, when the President installed at the White House. A list of some key-roles follows: Vice-president... more
ReportSearch of the Malaysia Airlines airplane, flight MH370 finished
Canberra, Australia - The press release issued by JACC about it
JACC (Joint Agency Coordination Centre) of the Australian Government communicated in a press release that "Yesterday the last search vessel has left the underwater search area. Malaysia Airlines flight... more
ReportDonald Trump: NATO is obsolete and EU is not important. After decades USA and Russia walk arm in arm
Washington DC, USA - The words of president-elect give rise to controversies in Europe, and Kremlin laughs
The statements issued by the future president of the United States Donald Trump give rise to controversies all around Europe and get Russia's approval. In a joint interview to British newspaper "The Times"... more
ReportICAO condemns Ft. Lauderdale Airport attacks
Montreal, Canada - The Organization maintains international security provisions for both airside and landside airport terminal areas
The leaders of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have expressed their strong condemnation of the shootings at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, USA, and their... more
ReportSnake on board: the Emirates' link from Muscat to Dubai cancelled
Muscat, Oman - Passengers depart with delay hours, but safely
Departure cancelled due to a snake. "BBC" reported it yesterday and it makes reference point to the local press after that declared yesterday by an Emirates' spokesperson: the flight EK0863 that would... more
ReportTerrorist attacks near the airport of Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia - A car and a truck-bomb exploded next to the airfield of the Somalian capital
A car-bomb exploded this morning at a security check-point at the entrance of the "Aden Adda" international airport of Mogadishu, in Somalia, killing some people. Shortly after the first attack a truck-bomb... more
ReportNiloofar Rahmani, first Afghan female pilot of military airplanes asks asylum to USA. It is treason...
New York, Usa - The Kabul's Government: "It is shameful". But the woman fears revenges after the death threats received
It has originated a case of international importance from the request of political asylum made to USA by a 25 years old Niloofar Rahmani, Afghan, first female pilot of military airplanes of the male chauvinist... more
ReportAirplane hijacked in Malta (3): perhaps the hijackers wanted to direct on Rome
Rome, Italy - The traffic at Valletta airport reopened. Some flights redirected to Catania
A post on Facebook of "Libya Channel" emerged it and reported the declarations by the pilot of the A-320's hijacked airplane, Ali Millad: "The hijackers wanted to land with the airplane in Rome". According... more
ReportFlight data and voice recorders recovered from Russian Il-18 aircraft
Jakutia, Russia - Updates on the military airplane crashed in emergency landing on Monday morning
According to Russian Defense Ministry’s sources flight data and voice recorders were recovered from the Ilyushin-18 aircraft forced to make an emergency landing on Monday, December 19, at 39 kilometers f... more
ReportMinister Alfano: "To Ukraine, from Italy, 1 million euros in humanitarian aid"
Rome, Italy - Divided into two funding packages
The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Angelino Alfano declared: "Italy has approved an emergency contribution of 1 million euros, divided into two funding packages: an initial... more
ReportManhattan: that airplane at low altitude that has terrorized citizens and authorities
New York, Usa - It was a C-130 in mapping mission of the area around the Trump Tower
The American authorities, according to the "NBC" reported in these hours, have been to clarify a fact that has put an alarm status all Manahattan, when a C-130 military airplane has begun to fly over persistently... more
ReportThe new Italian Government: the Gentiloni's ministers. Delrio remains at the Transports. This morning the presentation at the Chamber
Rome, Italy - No change at Defence, where Roberta Pinotti stays took office
The ministers of the Gentiloni's Government: All confirmed: Pier Carlo Padoan, Economy ministry Carlo Calenda, Economic development Roberta Pinotti, remains at the Defence Beatrice Lorenzin Health... more
ReportPakistan B-777 airplane executes an emergency landing in Manchester due to bathrooms fault
Rome, Italy - An airline passenger threw “something solid” in the toilet, causing the aircraft a forced stop in the UK
A Pakistan B-777 airplane was flying yesterday –Sunday 20th November- from Toronto to Lahore, when it had an unscheduled stopover in Manchester. In a statement, Pakistan International Airlines said t... more
ReportHelvetic fighters escort Russian airplane: it is conflict with Moscow
Berne, Switzerland - It is standard and police procedures of the skies, Berne replies
The fact that a Russian aircraft has been escorted last Saturday by three Helvetic FA-18 Hornet fighter airplanes while it flew over the Swiss air space didn't like to Moscow. More exactly it was of an... more