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ReportThe body of the Italian soldier killed in Afghanistan will be brought back home tomorrow
Rome, Italy - City mourning announced in Campobasso
The body of Alessandro Di Lisio, the Italian paratrooper killed yesterday in Afghanistan after a terrorist attack (see AVIONEWS), will be brought back home tomorrow on board of an Italian Air Force C-130.... more
ReportHelicopter crash in Afghanistan, death toll grows to 6
Sangin, Afghanistan - All occupants of the aircraft, maybe also a child on the ground
The death toll of yesterday's helicopter crash in the Helmand region, Afghanistan (see AVIONEWS), has grown to 6. All the passengers on board of the aircraft, a Pecotox-Air Mil Mi-26T, are understood to... more
ReportESA: MARS 500 mission accomplished
Moscow, Russia - 105-day simulation to simulate Human spaceflight on Mars
A crew of six completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first time in 105 days. Their mission is part of the Mars 500 programme that will... more
ReportThe school of aerospace engineering of "La Sapienza" University at Rome-Urbe airport
Rome, Italy - The move is scheduled for September 2009
The school of aerospace engineering of Rome's "La Sapienza" University will be moved to Rome-Urbe airport starting from September 2009. From San Pietro in Vincoli it will come back to the buildings and... more
ReportAfghanistan: Italian paratrooper killed in terrorist attack
Farah, Afghanistan - Further three military have been injured
An Italian paratrooper, 25-year-old Alessandro Di Lisio, has been killed this morning in Afghanistan, near Farah, in a terrorist attack. Besides him, further three paratroopers have been injured, even... more
ReportBouquet launched from an autogyro breaks the engine
Suvereto, Italy - Injured the two occupants, the passenger is in serious conditions
A marriage risked to end up in tragedy in Suvereto (Livorno, Italy) when two people, 61-year-old pilot Luciano Nannelli and 44-year-old Isidoro Pensieri, decided to launch the bride's bouquet from the... more
ReportNew airlines join the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group
Seattle, USA - Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, TUIfly and Virgin Blue
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an airline-led industry working group that aims to promote next-generation sustainable bio-fuels, today announced that several leading air carriers have been... more
ReportA German court ruling challenges Ryanair
Berlin, Germany - For the fees for paying by debit or credit card
Ryanair's practice of charging passengers extra for using credit and debit cards could be challenged following a court ruling in Germany. The no-frills airline lost a court case in Germany last month... more
ReportNTSB issued the final report on Steve Fossett's accident
Washington, USA - Downdrafts caused the death of the American billionaire aviator in 2007
The American National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued the final report on the accident that, on September 3, 2007, caused the death of the American billionaire aviator Steve Fossett (for a list... more
ReportHu Jintao flies to China to face the crisis in Xinjiang
L'Aquila, Italy - Dai Bing Gou, member of the State Council, represents Country at G8
The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, after to have received a call during the dinner, (yesterday he was in Florence for a visit) has taken off quickly last night from Pisa's airport on a B-747 airplane of... more
ReportVito Riggio (ENAC) welcomed US president Barack H. Obama
Rome, Italy - At Rome-Urbe airport
This morning, US president Barack Hussein Obama arrived at Rome-Urbe airport, coming back from the visit with Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, at "Quirinale" palace. American delegation has been welcomed... more
ReportBarack H. Obama and US delegation transit from Urbe airport in Rome
Rome, Italy - Destination: the G8 at L'Aquila
Rome-Urbe airport -the small airport usually reserved for general aviation and the Civil Defense units- has been picked as base for the arrival and departure of the US delegation and its president, Barack... more
ReportG8: leaders transferred by helicopter on the case of earthquake
L'Aquila, Italy - Underground bunker against terrorist attacks
It is all ready for the G8 summit that will be held in L'Aquila, Italy, from July 8 to 10. In particular to emergency plans have been prepared on the case of earthquake or of terrorist attack, the Italian... more
ReportThe Flying school of San Marino celebrates 40 years from the landing on the Moon
San Marino, San Marino Republic - The event will take place at the airfield of Torraccia from July 20 to 26
The Flying school of San Marino will celebrate at the end of July the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon. From Monday 20 from the airfield of Torraccia will start touristic flights by airplanes,... more
ReportHonduras, deposed president's comeback failed
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - The military opened fire on the crowd killing two people
Manuel Zelaya, Honduran president deposed by a military coup one week ago, attempted to come back in the country, but the military of the government led by Roberto Micheletti occupied the runway of Tegucigalpa... more
ReportBody found in the wheels of an aircraft at Gatwick
London, UK - Discovered during the routine safety checks after landing
The lifeless body of a man has been found in the wheels of the undercarriage of an aircraft at London-Gatwick airport, after the Boeing 757, flight GU101 from Accra, had landed yesterday morning arriving... more
ReportPassenger gets naked and forces pilot to land
Albuquerque, USA - On US Airways flight 705
The pilot of a US Airways Airbus A-320/200, en route from Charlotte to Los Angeles with 147 passengers on board, was forced to land in Albuquerque due to a passenger that, after getting naked, lost his... more
ReportNATO: SNMG2 takes over counter piracy operations from SNMG1
London, UK - The exchange of responsibilities was conducted in the Red Sea yesterday
"Yesterday saw the handover of responsibility from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) to SNMG2 for conducting counter piracy operations off Somalia as part of the ongoing Operation 'ALLIED PROTECTOR'.... more
ReportAn Italian Air Force C-130J carries injured people from Viareggio to Turin
Viareggio, Italy - After tonight's disaster in the train station
The Italian Air Force is participating in helping the people involved in tonight's explosion of a tank-car carrying LPG on board of a freight train derailed tonight in Viareggio train station. The temporary... more
ReportAiut Alpin Dolomites's summer service started
Pontives, Italy - By an Eurocopter EC-135T2 helicopter
The summer service of Aiut Alpin Dolomites (AAD) has started. AAD is an Italian helicopter rescue organization that operates on the Trentino-Alto Adige region by its Eurocopter EC-135T2 helicopter based... more
ReportThe Italian Air Force carries an ambulance and an ultrasonography machine to Ghana
Kumasi, Ghana - On board of a C-130J aircraft of the 46th air brigade of Pisa
A C-130J aircraft of Italian Air Force's 46th Air Brigade of Pisa carried to Ghana, at Kumasi airport, a fully equipped ambulance and an ultrasonography machine. Part of these devices has been financed... more
ReportTomorrow the 29th anniversary of Ustica's tragedy
Bologna, Italy - On June 27, 1980, 81 people were killed in mysterious circumstances
On June 27, 1980, a DC-9 airplane of the Italian airline Itavia, en route from Bologna to Palermo, broke up in flight in circumstances that are still mysterious. 81 people were killed in the tragedy. Tomorrow... more
ReportAir France flight 447 tragedy: pilot and flight assistant's bodies identified
Paris, France - The airline's director general renews his condolences to the families
The bodies of the pilot and of one of the flight assistants have been identified today. They died on June 1 after flight AF447's crash in the Atlantic while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris "Charles... more
ReportRussia: air traffic controller arrested for using drugs
Vladivostok, Russia - He was smoking a joint while driving home from work
Vladivostok's local authorities announced today that the Russian anti-drug police had arrested an air traffic controller at the local airport because he would have used drugs. According to the police's... more
ReportItalian transport minister, Matteoli, delays strikes scheduled for June 26
Rome, Italy - Another deferral for unions' protests
The Italian minister of transports and infrastructures, Altero Matteoli, decided to delay the strikes in air transport scheduled for next Friday, June 26. In particular, the FILT-CGIL union had announced... more
ReportAir France aircraft forced to land after passenger died
St. John's, Canada - The death for still unknown reasons. The airplane was en route from Montreal to Paris
These are not lucky times for Air France's intercontinental flights. Yesterday a 41-year-old passenger of AF-341 flight from Montreal to Paris suddenly felt sick, forcing the pilot of the Airbus A-340/300... more
ReportThe G8 will give an airport to L'Aquila
L'Aquila, Italy - Frantic works in Preturo to welcome the heads of state
After the G8 L'Aquila will have a brand new and efficient airport, in Preturo, in place of the previous airfield that was dedicated to sports and private aviation. This is ENAV's (Italian flight assistance... more
ReportAfghanistan: 200 Italian Carabinieri to arrive
Rome, Italy - They will train the Afghan police and army
Following yesterday's most cordial meeting at the White House between the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and the American president Barack Obama, among other things, Italy has given its availability... more
ReportHumanitarian airplane took off last Friday towards Pakistani North West Frontier Province
Brindisi, Italy - It has arrived on Saturday in Islamabad with aids and goods for the population
The Italian ministry of foreign affairs issued a note stating: "Within the international commitment to face the serious humanitarian crisis in Pakistani North West Frontier Province, as required by minister... more
ReportAfghanistan: three Italians wounded
Kabul, Afghanistan - Two with minor injuries, one in serious conditions
Bala Murgab and Farah, two "Hot" provinces in western Afghanistan, where since mid May rebels started again to fight against Afghan regular troops. These are supported by the Italian military present in... more
ReportAvoids Air France's disaster, dies in car accident
Kufstein, Austria - The hand of fate guided the destiny of South Tyrolean woman
Johanna Ganthaler, South Tyrolean pensioner, avoided tragic AF447 flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that ditched in the Atlantic on June 1 with 228 people on board, together with her husband Kurt, for... more
ReportItalian helicopter hit in Afghanistan
Bala Murghab, Afghanistan - The Mangusta has been damaged. Soldiers uninjured
Italian Defense Minister, Ignazio La Russa, on the sidelines of his participation to the Italian Navy feast, confirmed that during a shootout that took place in Bala Murghab, western Afghanistan, between... more
ReportIndian military airplane missing
Mechuka, India - Between 12 and 14 people were on board. It probably crashed
An Indian Air Force (IAF) military Antonov An-32 airplane, with 12 to 14 people on board, yesterday disappeared from radars while en route from Machuka, near the Chinese border, to Johrat in Assam. It... more
ReportColonel Gheddafi will arrive tomorrow at Rome-Ciampino airport
Rome, Italy - For its first visit in Italy. Strong security measures will be taken
Libyan leader colonel Muammar Gheddafi is going to land tomorrow at Rome-Ciampino airport. This is its first visit to Italy and he will be accommodated in a tent in villa Pamphili. Strong security measures... more
ReportNorth Korea: American journalists sentenced to 12 years
Pyongyang, North Korea - They will be detained in a labor camp. There will be no appeal
Pyongyang's high court condemned Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years of "Reform through labor camp". The two American journalists had been arrested in North Korea on last March 17 for illegally trespassing... more
ReportLos Roques: Italian Foreign ministry appoints two experts for the investigations
Caracas, Venezuela - On June 8, the first meeting of the task force in Venezuela
New step forward for the research of Transavian Let 410, the aircraft disappeared in the sea close to the archipelago of Los Roques (Venezuela) on January 4, 2008 (see AVIONEWS): following meetings between... more
ReportUK Defence minister resigns
London, UK - Premier Gordon Brown is working to a government reshuffling
Chaos following expenses scandal goes on in the UK. Just as prime minister, Gordon Brown, is working to a government reshuffling, today Defence secretary John Hutton resigned, officially for personal reasons.... more
ReportThe two American journalists detained in North Korea go to trial
Pyongyang, North Korea - They might be used as bargaining chips
The trial to the two American journalists detained in North Korea should be currently underway. Euna Lee and Laura Ling had been arrested in mid-March for crossing the Chinese border and charged of espionage... more
ReportAir France confirms the nationality of passengers involved in the accident
Paris, France - Most of them were French, German and Brazilian
"Air France is now able to confirm the nationalities of the passengers who were on board flight AF447 on 31 May 2009, which disappeared between Rio de Janeiro and Paris-'Charles de Gaulle' on June 1. This... more
ReportThe list of A-330s' accidents
Rome, Italy - To date there had been only 8 victims
Airbus A-330s suffered in the years of a series of accidents, hijackings and other occurrences, before today's one (see AVIONEWS), that brought to a total of 8 victims. - On June 30, 1994, near Toulouse-Blagnac... more
ReportAirbus on missing Air France flight
Paris, France - The manufacturer offers its assistance to the investigators
Airbus confirmed in a note that "An Airbus A330-200 operated by Air France has been lost about 3.5 hours after departure. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service, Flight AF 447, from Rio de Janeiro... more
ReportAir France (4): "The plane might have been struck by lightning"
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - On board also eight children
According to Francois Brousse, Air France's head of communications, the Airbus A-330 that went missing this morning might have been hit by a lightning. This would explain the short circuit and the electrical... more
ReportA short circuit the cause of Air France aircraft's disappearance? (3)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Preparing for the worst possible scenario
First information issued by Air France talk about the fact that tonight a 2:14 am GMT the crew of the missing Airbus A-330, disappeared from radars while en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris (see AVIONEWS... more
Report"No hope" for missing Air France flight (2)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Search underway near Fernando de Noronha island off the Brazilian coast
According to "Charles de Gaulle" airport sources there would be "No hope" for the Air France Airbus A-330 that disappeared this morning from radar screens in Brazil (see AVIONEWS). 228 people were on board... more
ReportBomb found on Iranian airliner
Tehran, Iran - Tension in the country before presidential elections
A bomb was discovered Saturday in Iran on a Kish Air McDonnell Douglas MD-82 with 131 passengers on board. The pilot inverted the route and returned to Ahwaz airport, from where it took off shortly before... more
ReportAir France airliner disappears from radars in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - With 215 people on board
An Air France airliner disappeared this morning at 6:00 am GMT from radar screens in Brazil. A spokesman for "Charles de Gaulle" airport stated that the aircraft was expected to reach Paris at 09:10 am. There... more
ReportTwo Italian Air Force Eurofighters intercepted non-authorized aircraft
Trento, Italy - A Montenegrin Cessna 551 flying over the Italian air space
Two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons of the 4th Wing of Grosseto yesterday morning intercepted a non-authorized military aircraft, a Montenegrin Cessna 551, that was flying over the Italian air space... more
ReportLos Roques: Venezuelan authorities reassured the Italians about the investigation
Caracas, Venezuela - Responsibilities will be verified and punished also without finding the relic
Venezuelan authorities reassured the relatives of the 8 Italians that are still missing since the presumed accident of January 4, 2008, in Los Roques (see AVIONEWS), stating that investigation are at a... more
ReportDetention confirmed for the Somali pirates arrested by the Italian navy
Rome, Italy - They will be transferred to Italy. "Others are forcing us", they said
The nine Somali pirates arrested by the Italian frigate "Maestrale" in the gulf of Aden have been heard by examining judge Riccardo Amoroso. At the end of the videoconference he asked the detention to... more
ReportRome airports prepare to the Champions League final
Rome, Italy - 50,000 will be arriving in the Italian capital for Wednesday's night
Rome airports "Leonardo da Vinci" in Fiumicino and "Giovan Battista Pastine" in Ciampino are preparing to receive the 50,000 expected supporters of Manchester United and Barcelona that will arrive in these... more