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ReportAmsterdam disaster: rescue put back by an armoured door?
Ankara, Turkey - At least one person could be saved
Air disaster B-737, near Amsterdam-Schipol airport last 25th of February: at least one of the nine victims could be saved, if it wasn't for a door to the cockpit, armoured for security reasons after the... more
ReportThe worst air accidents of 2008... to date
Rome, Italy - In total over 460 victims
The following is a list of major air accidents worldwide since 2008 to date. - February 21, 2008, a passenger plane belonging to a small Venezuelan airline company Santa Barbara crashed in the Andes... more
ReportA license for English airports
London, UK - The proposal from Secretary of State for Transport Hoon to guarantee better services to passengers
More attention to passengers and more control on environmental impact of the major English airports. This the proposal unveiled today by Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon. The idea is to ask... more
ReportLatina might have a commercial airport
Latina, Italy - Italian Minister Matteoli declared: "Viterbo was chosen for political reasons"
This morning was held the AN (Alleanza Nazionale) provincial congress during which Italian minister for infrastructures and transports declared his intention to open a commercial airport in Latina: "Also... more
ReportUSA, antitrust: airline joint-ventures at risk
Washington, USA - Congress asked for tougher rules to get the immunity for alliances with European counter-parts
A regulation to make it harder for airline joint-ventures between American and European companies to obtain antitrust immunity: this is House of Representetives Transports and Infrastructures Committee... more
ReportLampedusa: troubles during take-off for Italian Fire Brigade Piaggio P-180 aircraft
Lampedusa, Italy - Following the burst of the left rear tyre
A Fire Brigade Piaggio P-180 aircraft had yesterday some problems during the take-off due to the burst of the left rear tyre. The trouble did not provoked any wounded on board, among which there were Immigration... more
ReportSpace: Italian minister for Education, Gelmini, visits ESA's Esrin headquarter
Rome, Italy - Guest in Frascati of European Space Agency CEO, Dordain, in presence of Italian ASI commissioner Saggese
Italian minister for Education, Mariastella Gelmini, visited ESA's Esrin (European Space Research Institute) center in Frascati (Rome) for the first time. The event was held today (March, 4) at 5pm in... more
ReportRep. John Murtha visited the Boeing facilities in Washington State...
Seattle, USA - ...and proposed to divide the mega-tender for the replacement of USAF KC-30 Tanker
U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, is the man of the moment. In the last days he came to the fore as the most important opposer for the cost's increase... more
ReportVenezuela: missing another airplane with 7 people on board
Caracas, Venezuela - A missing that remembers that one of Let-410 of Transaven
A Venezuelan single engined Cessna C-182N airplane, code YV2480, series number 182-60266, has been declared missing from the Authorities because has not reached its destination in Bathel, Bolivar State,... more
ReportNATO summit in Krakow: AWACS arrive to supervise the city's skies
Krakow, Poland - To keep watch of the major international events
They were to supervise the Romanian skies on the occasion of NATO summit in 2008 in Romania. They were on the occasion of EU-Africa summit the year before, and G8 took place in UK in 2005. And they were... more
ReportAzerbaijan Air Force head killed
Baku, Azerbaijan - Killed by a pistol shot
The commander of Azerbaijan's Air Force, General Rail Rzayev, has been shot dead outside his house in the capital, Baku. General Rail Rzayev, 64, was shot in the head by an unknown gunman. Eldar Sabirogiu,... more
ReportThe last trip of "Clemenceau", flagship of the French Navy
Brest, France - It begins its path to the demolition among the environmentalists' debates
The aircraft carrier "Clemenceau" was along its sister "Foch", since the '60s, the main ship of the French Navy with its 37,000 tonnes and its capability to transport conventional airplanes and helicopters. This... more
ReportBoeing cuts 10,000 jobs
Seattle, Usa - 58 days of strike have influenced the decision
Boeing announced the reduction of 10,000 jobs, equal to 6% of the total. According to an official press-release, 58 days of strike by 25,000 Boeing's workers of International Association of Machinists... more
ReportEliair case: started yesterday the process against Stefano Tanzi
Milan, Italy - At the Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona
The process against Stefano Tanzi, the Parmalat former owner's son Calisto Tanzi, and another Italian man his confederate, opened yesterday at the Federal Criminal Court of Bellinzona. The two men are... more
ReportItalian Army: UN Secretary General visited Italian Blue Helmets in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon - Under the current Italian guidance there are 4,000 soldiers
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, along with UNIFIL Commander General Claudio Graziano, visited last Saturday the Italian soldiers employed in the "Leonte" operation in Lebanon. Currently the contingent,... more
ReportItalian Army: closed the first course on Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)
Herat, Afghanistan - The courses carried out in Camp David
The certificate of attendance's ceremony to soldiers that attended to the first course on Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) took place in Camp Arena, ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) Regional... more
ReportCoast Guard's airplane spot castaways from 25 days in sea in a polystyrene box
Brisbane, Australia - When the "Lucky"...
More than twenty years old, with few forces, have been spotted from a pilot of a Coast Guard's airplane of Queensland, in the waters of Torres Strict, a sea side situated between Australia and New Guinea:... more
ReportUSA: all ready for the Obama DAY
Washington, USA - Impressive security measures
The world’s biggest musical acts took to the stage Sunday at a massive outdoor concert on the majestic steps of the "Lincoln Memorial": Bruce Springsteen, U2, Sheryl Crow, Steve Wonder, James Taylor, S... more
ReportGaza (3): Israel hits the UNRWA's head quarters
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The indignation of Ban Ki-Moon
The main UN compound in Gaza was in flames today after being struck by Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit by shells containing the incendiary agent white phosphorus.... more
ReportGaza (2): 1,038 victims and 4,850 wounded from the beginning of the operation "Cast Lead"
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Israeli senior envoy arrived in Cairo
The last provisional assessment of the Palestinian First Aid Serviced evaluated 1,038 people have been killed in the Hamas-run territory while a further 4,850 people have been wounded since the December... more
ReportGaza: tankers and helicopters on Tal Al-Hawa district in the night
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Blocked the ship "Spirit of Humanity"
Israeli tankers and helicopters on Tal Al-Hawa district last night, Palestinian sources reported, and added that the Palestinian militants use anti-tank rockets and mortars. Armoured vehicles' strikes... more
ReportItalian youth died in flight from Madrid to Santiago
Asunciòn , Paraguay - Hit by a heart attack. Unhelpful the emergency landing in Paraguay
A sudden and unexpected event casted in grief an Italian family. Fabio Musso, 33, comes from Confreria (Cuneo), died yesterday due to a heart attack on an Iberia flight took off from Madrid bound to Santiago,... more
ReportFerry boat sinks in Indonesia with more than 250 passengers on board. Missing are being searched
Djakarta, Indonesia - Helicopters, three war ships and one airplane are engaged in the rescue
It's a struggle against the time to save 250 passengers on board of the ferry boat sank due to the cyclone "Charlotte" which stroke Indonesia. The ship left from the harbour of Parepare, in the island... more
ReportLaunched missiles from Lebanon against Israel: urgent talks by Frattini
Rome, Italy - Called the UNIFIL Commander and the Prime Minister of Lebanon
"Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, as soon as he heard of the missiles launched from Southern Lebanon into Israel, had urgent telephone conversations this morning with the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim... more
ReportCaracas expels Israeli ambassador from Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela - The news has been confirmed by Foreign Minister Maduro. The UN's sentence on the Jabaliya's massacre
Venezuela has expelled the Israeli ambassador to protest against the country's assault on Gaza, after the Venezuelan President described it as a holocaust, and Foreign Minister confirmed the expulsion... more
ReportGaza (2). OCHA confirms: 680 victims, the half are women and children
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Very difficult to keep an up-to-date register of victims and wounded
Around 50% of the 680 Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip were women and children, indicates an estimate, already referred to "Misna" by sources at Gaza’s main Shifa Hospital, confirmed by the United N... more
ReportGaza: Israel announces three hours of ceasefire every day
Gaza, Gaza Strip - To allow the access to convoys of humanitarian aid by UN
Israel's military has temporarily stopped its attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory. The Israelis said the three-hour pause in operations to... more
ReportUS: Leon Panetta new CIA Chief
Washington, USA - The second Italian-US man in the Obama's administration
Leon Panetta, a former congressman and White House chief of staff, has been selected by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr Obama had selected Mr Panetta for his managerial... more
ReportFear for Fernando Alonso at Malindi's airport
Malindi, Kenya - Safe all people on board of the private airplane
Yesterday at Malindi's airport, in Kenya, has occurred an occurrence that for a second has created worry for the life of F1 pilot, Fernando Alonso: on board of a private airplane, together with his wife,... more
ReportPakistan blocked Khyber Pass: stop supplies to ISAF forces in Afghanistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - Began at the dawn of today against militant
The leading administrator in Khyber, Tariq Hayat, announced the block of a key supply route to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in order to begin an offensive against militant. Troops backed by helicopter... more
ReportGaza Strip (3): today EU summit in Paris
Paris, France - The meeting wanted by Sarkozy with 27 European Foreign Ministers
European Union Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris on Tuesday are to appeal for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas (see AVIONEWS). The ministerial... more
ReportGaza Strip (2): Israel rejects the cease-fire with Hamas
Gaza, Gaza Strip - "There is no room for a ceasefire"
Israel rejected world appeals for a truce on Tuesday and warned its deadly assault on Gaza could last for weeks as warplanes pummelled Hamas positions for a fourth day and tanks massed on the border. The... more
ReportGaza Strip: air strike in the night, 10 victims
Gaza, Gaza Strip - To date at least 5 Israeli victims and over 350 Palestinians
Israeli air strikes continued in the night of Gaza. According to Hamas' sources these attacks provoked 10 victims, while a Palestinian missile killed an Israeli soldier. According to Palestianian's... more
ReportGaza Strip (10). Council of Europe: immediate cessation of hostilities
Strasbourg, France - Hard sentence to the Hamas' attacks and to the Israel's reaction
Hard sentence to the Hamas attacks and to the Israel's reaction on the Gaza Strip by the Council of Europe, through the voice of the President Luis Maria de Puig, that requested the immediate cessation... more
ReportGaza Strip (9): Merkel blames Hamas and support Israel
Berlin, Germany - The Islamic resistance movement is the only responsible
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, through her spokesman Thomas Steg, blames Hamas for the escalation of violence in Gaza because of the firing of rockets into Israel and the abandonment of its ceasefire,... more
ReportPeru: Army against the narco-trafficking of "Sendero luminoso"
Lima, Peru - Hit a helicopter, a dead among the soldiers and various wounded
The narco-trafficking fight, after about twenty years, restarts in Peru, operated by the remaining "Sendero Luminoso", the pro-Maoist organization, considered officially dismantled in 1992 with the arrest... more
ReportGaza Strip (8): the Middle East divided in two
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Protests in all the Arab World
The Arab World is divided in two. To one side who as Egypt supports the attacks, hopes in the destruction of Hamas, but requests the ceasefire, and on one side who as Libya and Iran sentences the attack,... more
ReportGaza Strip (7): Jordan intends to "Reconsider" the relationships with Israel
Amman, Jordan - If it does not stop the raid on the Gaza Strip
Jordan's Parliament has urged the government to "Reconsider" its ties with Israel if the Jewish State does not halt a massive air blitz of the Gaza Strip, a prominent MP (Member of Parliament) said today. "The... more
ReportTurkey: bombing on the PKK's targets in Iraq
Ankara, Turkey - Yesterday the starting of raid
Turkish fighter planes have bombed suspected Kurdish separatist positions in northern Iraq. Turkish military sources said the attacks, which started late on Saturday, targeted members of the rebel Kurdistan... more
ReportGaza Strip (6): Hamas leader announces a new intifada
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Diplomat crisis with Egypt, Jordan and Syria
From Damascus the announcement of a new intifada against Israel including the return to the suicide attacks by the exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal. Muslim nations (like Egypt, Jordan and Syria) angrily... more
ReportGaza Strip (5): "Total war against Hamas"
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The risk to extend hostility also to West Bank
Total war between Israel and Hamas. "We have nothing against the people of Gaza but we are in a war to the death with Hamas", Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a speech during a special meeting of parliament... more
ReportGaza Strip (4): tanks on the border ready to combat
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Battles to open a way for escape in Egypt
Israel massed tanks near the Gaza Strip and authorized the call-up of 7,000 army reservists. At dusk on Sunday, Israeli fighter jets bombed over 40 tunnels along Gaza’s border with Egypt. Witnesses a... more
ReportGaza Strip (3): bombed the Hamas' Interior Ministry
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Confirmed seven victims
Israeli Air Force jets bombed the Hamas-run interior ministry, the first time government buildings have come under fire, as part of its attempts to stop Gaza's ruling body from launching rocket attacks... more
ReportGaza Strip (2): Israeli soldiers on the border
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Barak: "Will continue to act"
Israel today insisted it will keep up its assault until militants stop launching rockets, with defence minister Ehud Barack warning that "The time has come to fight" and signalling willingness to put "Boots... more
ReportGaza Strip: raid provokes 300 victims and 600 wounded
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Bombing against Hamas bases and facilities
Air strikes continued to batter the Gaza Strip for a third day running today after Israel called up thousands of reserve soldiers ahead of a possible ground invasion. Nearly 300 people are said to have... more
ReportAfghanistan, 30,000 US soldiers by the next Summer
Kabul, Afghanistan - Renewed attention promised by new US President Barack Obama
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said that up to 30,000 additional US troops could be sent to Afghanistan by mid-2009. Adm Mullen said he hoped that between 20,000... more
ReportRussia could supply S-300 missiles to Iran
Moscow, Russia - Hard reactions by US
Iran could receive the S-300 air defense systems from Russia soon, the official "IRNA" news agency reported two days ago. This system should be deployed to strengthen Iranian national defense on border... more
ReportBomb alarm for an Aeroflot airplane
Athens, Greece - According to the Greek civil aviation agency report it
The Greek Civil Aviation Agency reported today the news about a bomb-alarm on a Russian Aeroflot's airplane: "A unknown man called saying that there was a bomb on Aeroflot airplane flying between Athens... more
ReportAfghanistan: US drones killed eight Talibans
Dera Ismail Khan , Afghanistan - Reported by intelligence agency officials
Suspected U.S. drones fired at least two missiles into Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Monday, killing seven people, intelligence agency officials and residents said. U.S.... more
ReportLost another passenger airplane. Today in the Caribbean
Cockburn Town, Turks & Caicos - According to the owner, the airplane was stolen. After Los Roques another case of hijacking?
Another mystery calls the event of Los Roques about one year later: in the Caribbean archipelago of Turks e Caicos another small tourism airplane, a Britton-Norman Islander with 12 people onboard, is disappeared.... more