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ReportSpadaccini's arrest: who are the other 12 people remanded in custody
Pescara, Italy - In the "Flying money" operation, by the Pescara financial police
As we anticipated (see AVIONEWS) are thirteen, globally, the people arrested this morning by the Pescara financial police in the operation called "Flying money" in reference to the principal activity of... more
ReportTax evasion and air transport: Giuseppe Spadaccini arrested
Pescara, Italy - Among the other things, owner of "ItAli Airlines" carrier. The accusation is 90 million euro tax evasion
Pescara's financial police would have scored another big blow against tax evasion, at least according to a news reported by "Ansa" press agency a few minutes ago. In the context of a super-investigation,... more
ReportWho will win 40% of the stock of Sogaer, Elmas airport management society?
Cagliari, Italy - About 10 days for evaluate the 8 participants, among which the two international airports of Zurich and Frankfurt
It was up at noon of Monday, October 19, 2010, the deadline for participation in the competition for the award of 40% of Sogaer capital stock, Elmas airport management society. The offers sent to Rome-based... more
ReportProtesters keep on hamper access to some French airports. Blocked fuel depots for airplanes
Paris, France - Police is working to clear the roads
Protesters opposed to raising France's retirement age are blocking or disrupting access to airports in Paris and around France. Police is working to remove barricades on the roads. The ADP Paris airport... more
ReportMan hangs himself on a Bahrain-Manila airplane
Manila, Philippines - Just before landing
Marlon Cueva, a 36-year-old man of Filipino nationality, hanged himself today in a toilet on the Gulf Air flight number 154, which was carrying him back to Manila, Philippines, from Bahrain, United Arab... more
Report30 injured on a Vietnam Airlines airplane flying from Hanoi to Paris
Hanoi, Vietnam - Due to a severe turbulence
Today, on Wednesday October 20, 2010, 30 passengers aboard of a Boeing 777/200 departed from about two hours from the airport of Hanoi, Vietnam, and flying to the Paris-"Charles de Gaulle" air-station,... more
ReportThe captain of a Qatar Airways flight dies in the cockpit
Doha, Qatar - The aircraft was flying from Manila to Doha and made an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur
The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from Manila to Doha has deceased today in the cockpit. "For this reason -a release of the carrier said- the aircraft has been forced to land in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia". The... more
ReportThe lawsuit between easyJet and its founder has come to an end
Milan, Italy - After two years
On Monday October 11, 2010 the two-year lawsuit between easyJet and easyGroup society about the use of the carrier's brand, finally came to an end. The Court established that for the next 50 years Stelios... more
ReportGeneral Tricarico: not enough Italian airplanes, helicopters, UAVs in Afghanistan
Rome , Italy - Choppers like the EH-101 are lacking; the others have to be empowered and/or armed
Landed this morning at Rome-Ciampino airport, the C-130 aircraft carrying the bodies of the first corporals Gianmarco Manca, Francesco Vannozzi, Sebastiano Ville and Marco Pedone, dead in the district... more
ReportJulia's corporals killed in Afghanistan: the airplane bringing them back to the Country landed at 9:00 am
Rome , Italy - The corpses of Manca, Pedone, Ville and Vannozzi welcomed by highest authorities, among whom the head of State
The bodies of the Brigade Julia's four alpines killed last Saturday in the valley of Gullistan, Afghanistan, are returned home with honors and will have a solemn funeral tomorrow, at the presence of the... more
ReportTehran-Cairo, the first direct flight after 30 years
Tehran, Iran - Could it be the first step in the resume of diplomatic relations?
On Monday, October 6, 2010, shortly after midnight, a Smart Avion Company jet arrived from Cairo to Tehran: it is the first direct air-link between Egypt and Iran after more than thirty years. The two... more
Report9th anniversary of Milan-Linate air disaster
Milan , Italy - Memorial initiatives organized in Milan by the foundation "Fondazione 8 ottobre 2001"
Today it is the anniversary of the air disaster occurred at Milan-Linate airport, in which, nine years ago, 118 people died, the worst accident in Italy's aviation story. The morning on October 8, 2001,... more
ReportItaly: new wave of strikes, aircraft grounded on October 14th and 25th and November 5th
Rome, Italy - Agitations for the personnel of Meridiana Fly, Alitalia and AirOne
A new wave of strikes involving schools and transport sectors (air, railway, public) is scheduled for October. Air traffic inconveniences on 14 and 25 October and on 5 November due to the stop of the personnel... more
ReportF2i buys 65% of Gesac: airport of Naples-Capodichino is "National property"
Naples , Italy - Agreement for the sale of the airport from Baa valued 150 millions
Friday, 1 October 2010, F2i, Italian fund for infrastructures, signed an agreement for the purchase of 65% of the capital of Gesac -Napoli-Capodichino's airport management society- from Baa Italia, belonging... more
ReportRace of balloons, "Gordon Bennett 2010": the cause of tragedy is still being examined
Bristol, UK - The statement issued last Friday
Gordon Bennett Control Centre issued this following statement on Fri, 2010/10/01 - 18:25 UTC: "The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) has continued to search throughout the day with... more
ReportBalloon: desperate researches of the "Bennett Cup" pilots missing in the Adriatic Sea
Bristol, UK - An additional notice issued this morning
Gordon Bennett Control Centre has issued today this statement: "The search and rescue operation continues for Gordon Bennett Race pilots Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis, Team USA2, balloon registration... more
ReportNo good news expected for crew of USA2 balloon, in flight in the "Gordon Bennett Cup"
Bristol, UK - The statement issued yesterday afternoon
The press release diffused yesterday in the afternoon reported that: "The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) have been very proactive in their search using one aircraft, four boats... more
ReportRio-Paris flight 2009's air crash: existence of a "Criminal error" recognised
Paris, France - It's the first time that a French court judges a on board malfunction as a criminal error
Toulon's court "Tribunal de grande instance" (Tgi) recognized "The existence of a criminal error" related to the crash occurred to the Air France's Airbus A-330 which, on the 1st June of last year, carrying... more
ReportUSA2 and its crew still missing into the sea, for the "Gordon Bennett" balloons race
Bristol, Uk - Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis on board
Don Cameron, Race Director, has issued this statement at 19:00UTC of yesterday 29th September 2010, by Gordon Bennett Control Centre. "The balloon flying in the Gordon Bennett race designated USA2,... more
ReportBoeing and Northrop Grumman together to upload air defense system of MDA
Seattle , USA - Strategic partnership to award a contract evaluated 850 million dollars
Yesterday, Monday September 27th, Boeing and Northrop Grumman announced a strategic partnership finalised to award a 850 million dollar contract for the construction of OSF, Objective Simulation Framework,... more
ReportToday and tomorrow, chaos for air transport in Europe: stop of radar men in Belgium and Spain
Madrid , Spain - Air traffic controllers will strike in Belgium and, as part of the general strike, in Spain also
Air travel disruption, today and tomorrow, in Spain, with implications all over Europe and extra-Europe also. Started today at 02:00 pm, the 24-hour air traffic controllers strike in Belgium, announced... more
ReportIn the next days, a wave of aviation and rail strikes in Italy
Milan , Italy - Between September 30th and October 14th actions by Enav, FS, Meridiana fly and local public transport personnel are scheduled
For the next days, four aviation and rail strikes are scheduled. On Thursday, September 30th, staff of Padua's Area Control Center (ACC) of Enav (Italian society for flight assistance) is going to... more
ReportCivil aircraft: tomorrow possible strike in France's airports
Paris, France - French Directorate General of Civil Aviation warns...
French DGCA, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, asked airlines to reduce flights operations: - by 50% on Orly airport; - by 40% on Roissy; - by 40% on all the airfields in the territory. Decision... more
ReportAmsterdam, a terrorism suspect stopped at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport
Amsterdam , Holland - Investigations are still in progress
On Sunday September 19th, police stopped a British citizen of Somali descent at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport. He was suspected to be implied with international terrorism. The man had been arrested and... more
ReportA tender for helicopter carriers for Russian Navy could be announced soon
Moscow , Russia - The call should happen at the end of September or at the beginning of October
A high placed source in the military industry complex said a tender for the purchase of helicopter carriers could be announced soon, agency "Ria Novosti" wrote today. According to the source "A tender... more
ReportMan found dead at Los Angeles airport
Los Angeles , USA - According to Police he may have committed suicide
A man was found dead on Wednesday morning (07:45 am local hour) in a toilette located at the upper level of Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport. The man, discovered by a cleaner, had his hands... more
ReportAirplane carrying Berlusconi makes emergency landing
Milan , Italy - Due to cockpit windshield problem, lands at Milan-Linate airport
On Thursday, September 16th 2010, at about 8:30 am (local hour), a "31° Stormo" Airbus A-319 State aircraft with Silvio Berlusconi on board made an emergency landing at Milan's Linate airport. The flight,... more
ReportPakistan: US drone airstrike kill 6 in tribal area
Islamabad, Pakistan - Two unmanned aircraft fired two missiles
At least six suspect militants were killed in an early Sunday morning US drones strike in northwest Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan, local media reported citing official... more
ReportAirtankers USAF: decision on contract could be delayed
New York, USA - Within December 20th. If not in 2011, as analysts expect
USAF, United States Air Force, could delay further decision on the 35 billion dollars contract for 179 KC-X air tankers substituting the KC-135 air tanker fleet, dating back to Eisenhower's administration. Originally,... more
ReportNine years after the Twin Towers: the anniversary tomorrow
Rome, Italy - September 11, 2001 still shows effects of the worst attack suffered on US soil
9 years have passed since the attack that marked the history of the post-Cold War times and changed the international chessboard on which the great powers play the destinies of the World. The bloodiest... more
ReportS. Francisco blast: FAA denies airplane crash
San Francisco, USA - Souldn't be cause of the explosion
Should not have been the crash of a plane to cause the outblast of the gas pipelines in San Bruno (S. Francisco, CA), which took place yesterday evening at 18 (local time) and caused an immense fire. Ian... more
ReportSan Francisco, fierce fire next to the Airport
San Francisco , USA - Flames due to a gas pipeline explosion
Six people killed; about 40 people injured; 53 homes destroyed and other 130 damaged due to a gas explosion, happened yesterday in San Bruno, a San Francisco suburb, just a few miles from the International... more
ReportSomalia, suicide bombing at Mogadishu's airport: at least 13 people were killed
Mogadishu, Somalia - UN and AU representatives uninjured
On Thursday at least 13 people (including three civilians, five soldiers and five bombers) were killed because of a dual suicide bombing at the Somalia Mogadishu airport, where a meeting between representatives... more
ReportRyanair pilot refuses to take off, 130 passengers spend night in the airport
Pisa, Italy - The commander, landed with strong delay, did not want to go up again
Sure, you can not say that those in Ryanair are not eager: on Tuesday evening, at Pisa airport, the flight commander of the Irish carrier direct to Palermo refused to take off. The reason? Certainly the... more
ReportFalse bomb alert on a Thai Airways plane
Los Angeles, USA - FBI have begun a probe to discover the source of the threat
According to investigators, no evidence of a bomb was found aboard 794 flight from Bangkok to Los Angeles. The Thai Airways flight departed from Bangkok at 7:30 pm local time yesterday, carrying about... more
ReportMore than 200 Chinese civil pilots falsified their résumés?
Bejing , China - Because of the CAAC finding, Chinese Government is conducting an investigation
CAAC, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, found that more than 200 Chinese pilots lied, in 2008 and 2009, declaring on their résumés more hours spent flying than they really did. More than h... more
ReportFrance, national warning strike to disrupt air traffic tomorrow
Paris, France - The demonstration will be against public-sector pension reforms
French DGCA, director general of civil aviation, announces that tomorrow, September 7th 2010, travel by airplanes is likely to be disrupted because of a warning strike announced by French public services'... more
ReportPakistan: US drone strike kills 6
Data Khel, Pakistan - 25:1 ratio of civilians killed against intended military target, according to reports
At least six people were killed and two others injured in a US drone strike launched Saturday night in Pakistan's northwest tribal area, reported local media. According to the report, the strike took... more
ReportRecord heat and fires in Russia: Medvedev buys other firefighting aircraft?
Moscow, Russia - He'd have said it in a telephone conversation with Putin
From what we read on "Ria Novosti" agency, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev would be deeply concerned by the terrible state of drought which the country is in, following one of the most heavy and abnormal... more
ReportArrives at Malpensa airport the A-380 airplane by Emirates
Milan, Italy - On board Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed al Maktoum, President of the carrier. On runway Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi expects
11:30 am, Malpensa, Italy. Is the estimated time of landing for A-380 airplane of Emirates, the first scheduled flight to touch Italian soil operated with the majestic jewel of the Toulouse manufacturer. On... more
ReportAir transport: French air controllers' strike until Thursday morning
Paris, France - Against the reorganization of European skies. DGAC asked companies 50% flights cancellations on Orly and 20% on Roissy
At the conclusion of a unions' meeting held yesterday evening, in agreement with French directorate general of civil aviation (DGAC), the associations of air traffic controllers have confirmed the notice... more
ReportItalian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan is not life-threatening
Bala Morghab, Afghanistan - The Eurocopter Cougar ISAF helicopter shot while evacuating seriously injured
The three Italian soldiers' lives aren't in danger: the three were wounded this morning at 11am (local time) in Bala Morghab in Afghanistan in a firefight. Assurances from the Italian Defense Minister... more
ReportAustralian Chinook helicopter fired upon by insurgents
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Two soldiers on board received minor wounds
An Australian CH-47 Chinook helicopter was fired upon by insurgents yesterday as it was taking off from a coalition patrol base in the Arghandab Valley region of Kandahar. Two coalition forces soldiers... more
Report3 Italian soldiers wounded in a firefight in Afghanistan. Also damaged a helicopter
Bala Murghab, Afghanistan - 2 soldiers in serious conditions
Three Italian soldiers wounded in a shootout occurred about 3 hours ago in western Afghanistan. Also hit a helicopter. The firefight, as we know so far, occurred south of Bala Murghab, one of the most... more
ReportChinese "UFO" crashes air traffic in Zhejiang
Huangzhou, China - The unidentified flying object seen in Ningbo and Wuxi cities, too
A "UFO" has blocked air traffic in eastern China, according to Xinhua agency. According to the Chinese agency, the unidentified flying object was spotted around 9 on Wednesday evening (local time) in... more
ReportUnited pilot briefly detained after lowering his pants during security screening
Sao Paulo, Brazil - Not the first American pilot gotten into trouble over Brazil's airport security measures
A United Airlines pilot found himself in hot water after lowering his pants during a security screening and laughing at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport officials. Pilot Michael D. Slynn,... more
ReportFrance available to Italian judge's requests about slaughter of Ustica
Rome, Italy - A few days from 30th of Itavia plane-crash, ministries of Defense, Internal affairs and Transportation ordered to pay compensation of 1 million Euros
On the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of the massacre of Ustica, the Rome prosecutors ask France and the US about military air traffic in the airspace off the coast of Ustica (Sicily), the evening of... more
ReportTurkey stationed army troops, warplanes, Uav and helicopter along the border with Iraq
Ankara, Turkey - Strong solution against Pkk guerrilla warfare after the death of eleven soldiers
Turkey stationed yesterday army troops, panzers, warplanes, helicopters, and an Uav (Unmanned aerial vehicle) during an offensive against the Pkk along the border with Iraq - in those passages used by... more
ReportToo fat. He had to leave the airplane
London, United Kingdom - A 440 lb man had to go to Canada to visit his ill aunt
Sandy Russell was on an Air Transat airplane that was leaving from London-Gatwick and was directed to Toronto, when the flight attendants on board told him to leave the airplane because he was too fat.... more
ReportSwitzerland. Dies during repatriation, compensation to the family
Zurich, Switzerland - Swiss Confederation will have to pay 50 thousand Francs
The Swiss Confederation will pay fifty thousand francs to the family of Nigerian asylum seeker died at Zurich airport last March during his forced return to their country of origin. The anticipation... more