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SecurityFiumicino Airport: El Al security's warning signal at Terminal C
Fiumicino, Italy - It occurred at 09:00 but such alarm ended after 15 minutes only
At about 09:00 am this morning, a warning signal occurred at Rome-Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" Airport. All the persons in the departure hall of the Terminal C would have immediately been made evacuate,... more
SecurityStruggles in Najaf have started again
Najaf, Iraq - American combat aircraft are overflying the city while cannons and mortars go on firing
Iraqi city of Najaf goes on being a theatre of heavy and constant fighting. Starting from 08:00 am local time, a new battle between the militiamen of Moqtada Al-Sadr and the US units is affecting the city... more
SecurityAn aircraft left from Forlì in Italy destined to Black Sea obliged to land in the Caucasus
Moscow, Russia - Russian soldiers skyjack the flight for preventive reasons anti-Chechen guerrilla activity
A flight took off at 11:30am from "Ridolfi" airport of Forlì and destined to Krasnodar, in the Black Sea, has been skyjacked by Russian soldiers in the Majkop base, in the south-western Russia. Aircraft... more
SecurityIraq: heavy struggles occur again in Najaf with the intervention of USA's aerial vehicles
Najaf, Iraq - Artillery, heavy guns and cannons fire intensively
Today, at 06:00 am Italian local time (04:00 am Iraqi local time), struggles between American soldiers and the militiamen of the Shiite radical leader Moqtada Al-Sadr started again worsening. In such battlefield... more
SecurityHeathrow: plan for attack averted was in its final stages
London, United Kingdom - According to the Times, the Pakistani had passed coded information to Al Qaeda
The attack fear aimed to London airport would led to elevation of alert level in New York e Washington too. London Times reports the Pakistani computer scientist plan was in its final stages: he had visited... more
SecurityUSA's fighter-bombers attack Samarra and Najaf
Samarra, Iraq - Rebels would have been hit with guided munitions by US Air Force starting from last night
The Iraqi city of Samarra would have been involved since the last night by a constant fighting activity between US forces anf the rebels. Samarra, some 125 km north from Baghdad, would be considered by... more
SecurityHolland aids African Union by sending troop-transport airplanes to Darfur
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - 308 soldiers to arrive in the region next week
A release has been spread from African Union's headquarter in Addis Abeba, unveiling that next week Dutch Government will send planes which are necessary in order to transfer 308 soldiers belonging to... more
SecurityBelgium: also 5 helicopters are employed for the emergency produced by gas main explosion
Ghislenghien, Belgium - Presently, 14 dead and about 200 injured persons have been caused by such blast
Among the victims of the tragic explosion occurred at Ghislenghien this morning, nearby Ath, south Belgium, in an industrial area where a facility was being built, several workers, security personnel members... more
SecurityBrazil, civil helicopter crashes: six died and three missing in the sea
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - It transports technicians on oil platform
A helicopter crashed today off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, while it was carrying some technicians on oil platform, sink in the sea. In total nine the people on board, according to the first excited news,... more
SecurityFabrizio Quattrocchi's body is going to arrive in Rome-Ciampino Airport (2): Italian Red Cross's airplane has landed at Roman Airport
Rome, Italy - Particularly difficult medical analyses are being forecasted
Italian Red Cross's airplane carrying Fabrizio Quattrocchi's body has landed at Rome-Fiumicino Airport. His brother and his girlfriend (together with her father) have waited there for him. The remains... more
SecurityFabrizio Quattrocchi's body is going to arrive in Rome-Ciampino Airport
Rome, Italy - His arrival is forecasted at 01:00 pm
Fabrizio Quattrocchi's body is currently on board of an Italian Red Cross flight towards Italy. This aircraft, after taking off from Baghdad, should arrive at Roman Ciampino Airport more or less at 01:00... more
SecurityRockets target Italian base in Iraq
Tallil, Iraq - Two Rpgs were fired this morning at dawn
Two Rpgs (Rocket Propelled Grenades) have been fired today at dawn inside Tallil Italian base, nearly 30km from Nassiriya. It is the first time that this base has been targeted by Iraqi militians. Col.... more
SecurityMatteo Vanzan's body to arrive today at Rome-Ciampino Airport
Rome, Italy - He should arrive at 04:00 pm in front of President Ciampi
Matteo Vanzan's body will arrive this afternoon at Rome-Ciampino Airport after he died during military defence operation in Iraq. Its unit together with representatives by other Italian military units... more
SecurityItalian soldier injured after yesterday attack in Nassiriya died during the night (3): nine injured Italian soldiers have just arrived at Ciampino Airport
Rome, Italy - Also Chief of General Staff, Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola
An AMI C-130 Hercules carrying nine Italian soldiers injured during activities performed in Iraq has landed at Ciampino Airport. Three among these ones had been involved by fighting against Shiite warriors... more
SecurityItalian soldier injured after yesterday attack in Nassiriya died during the night (2): Italian Government is ready to report in front of Parliament tomorrow
Rome, Italy - Defence Minister Martino to recount to Parliament while Premier Berlusconi is going to do it not before next Thursday
After tragic events on last night in Nassiriya, Italian Government has announced its intention for reporting in front of Parliament during two different occasions. In fact, an intervention by Defence Minister... more
SecurityItalian soldier injured after yesterday attack in Nassiriya died during the night
Nassiriya, Iraq - Matteo Vanzan, 23, was in Iraq just from last Wednesday
The young Italian 23 years old soldier, Matteo Vanzan, died at 04:35am local time due to wounds caused by the explosion of mortar grenade, after yesterday fighting between Italian units and Shiite warriors... more
SecurityLeader in 1986 Palestinian air hijacking is sentenced to life
Washington, USA - The Jordanian told the court he was "brainwashed" into doing horrible actions
Zayd Hassan Abd al-Latif Masud al-Safarini, the leader of a group of Palestinian terrorists who took over a Pan Am jet and killed 22 people was sentenced to three consecutive life terms plus 25 years on... more
SecurityThe calendar of strikes in the air transport field in Italy
Rome, Italy - The dates are subject to changes
Following we communicate the calendar of the strikes announced in the air transport field until on Thursday May 6: the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports is the source. March 12, general strike... more
SecurityMilitary aircraft crashes in Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia - The pilot died
The General Staff of the Slovenian defence has announced in a note that a Pilatus 9 aircraft has crashed near the village of Spodnja Zerjavica during military exercises. The causes and details of the accident... more
SecurityArrested alleged killer of air traffic controller
Zurich, Switzerland - Police doesn't provide details
Alleged killer of the air traffic controller who was in service when two aircraft: a Russian commercial and a Dhl cargo, collided causing the death of 71 people, most of them schoolchildren (see AVIONEWS),... more
SecurityLybia admit guilt
London, Great Britain - A British Government spokesman announced new informal declarations
Informally, British Government received assurance that Lybia no more denies guilt for the Lockerbie disaster and the death of the English police agent Ybonne Fletcher. more
SecurityMacedonian President died
London, UK - Irish Premier announced it
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski has been involved in an incident this morning and died. Announced it Irish Premier Bernie Ahern who was supposed to meet him. Even all the assistants should be died.... more
SecurityBosnia: aircraft with Macedonian president crashed
Tirana, Albania - It was going to Mostar
An aircraft with on bard the Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski crashed nearby Stolac in south of Bosnia. The President was going to Mostar for a Balkan summit. On board, not only the President but... more
SecurityLibya denies guilt in 1988 Lockerbie bombing (2): Britain wants to "clarify"
London, UK - A Tony Blair speakerman intervened
Tony Blair speakerman said Britain wants to "clarify" Libyan Prime Minister's comment over 1988 Lockerbie disaster and concerning which Libya accepted to pay a compensation to the victims to improve relationships... more
SecurityAlitalia affair (10): Mengozzi called by Letta
Rome, Italy - As revealed by press sources
Alitalia's chief executive, Francesco Mengozzi, has been apparently called by Under-Secretary of State Gianni Letta. Press sources revealed it. more
SecurityStrong wind stops some flights at Rome-Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - Some delays announced
Since last night gusty wind up to 36 knots is blowing over the Rome-Fiumicino airport. This caused on the aerodrome some delays and a lot of flights have been cancelled. The only opened runway is the number... more
SecurityOffensive looking for Osama bin Laden
New Delhi, India - At least 14 helicopters used in a Pakistan operation
This morning Pakistan troops launched and attack over some tribal remote areas near the Afghan border. Local residents reported at least 14 helicopters to be involved in the offensive of which officially... more
SecurityThe schedule of airline strikes
Rome, Italy - They are subject to cancellation
We are publishing the schedule of forthcoming air transport strikes. The workers in this sector will fold their arms for the Alitalia affair which reached a deadlock and for the air industry as well, which... more
SecurityAir-traffic controllers' strikes: cancelled that on 20th February
Rome, Italy - Postponed to 21st March with the other agitations
The air-traffic controllers' strike planned for 20th February has been cancelled. It will be combined with those announced for 12th, 13th and 21st March in a single day of strike on 21st March 2004 from... more
SecurityAir crash in the United Arab Emirates (6): found the flight recorders
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates - The correspondent of the Arabic TV Al Arabia said it
The black boxes of the Kish Airways aircraft crashed this morning in the landing phase, have been recovered from the authorities of the United Arab Emirates. Specialists of the field are analyzing to comprise... more
SecurityAir crash in the United Arab Emirates (5): it is a turboprop Fokker 50 aircraft
Tehran, Iran - The number of the victims is 43
It's of 43 people the number of the victims of a Fokker 50 crash - of the maximum capacity to fifty seats - of the Kish Airways, crashed this morning in the landing phase near the international Sharjah... more
SecurityAir crash in the United Arab Emirates (4): information about the Kish Airways
Tehran, Iran - The carrier connects the Iran towards UAE
The Iranian air company, Kish Airways, has been born some years ago. It connects the Iranian Kish island, that it is found in the Persian Gulf, with the United Arab Emirates. The Kish island is the place... more
SecurityAir crash in the United Arab Emirates (3)
Sharjah, UAE - The victims would be of several nationalities
The local authorities of the civil aviation begin to clear some elements of the tragedy of this morning in the United Arab Emirates. The victims would be at least 35. Perhaps there would be two survivors,... more
SecurityAir crash in the UAE (2)
Sharjah, UAE - Among the survivors there would be a child and a man
There would be two survivors to the tragedy of this morning in the UAE. They would be a man and a child who are survived to the incident of the Kish Airways aircraft crashed in a of the states of the UAE,... more
SecurityRyanair affair (4): Ryanair will appeal against EU Commission's decision
Brussels, Belgium - It was declared by the company CEO
Ryanair CEO, Micheal O' Leary, stated not too long ago that he intends to appeal against the EU Commission's decision to condemn the Irish carrier to pay back the State aid received by Belgium (see the... more
SecurityRyanair affair (3): Fit Cisl Lombardia General Secretary, Dario Ballotta has intervened
Milan, Italy - The ruling would be suggested by major European companies according to the union official
Concerning the hodiernal European Commission decision about the national aids granted to the low-cost company known as Ryanair, the Cisl Lombardia Secretary, Dario Ballotta, has intervened maintaining... more
SecurityRyanair affair (2): UE Transport Commissioner, Loyola de Palacio has intervened
Brussels, Belgium - "The reimbursement entity will be some EUR 10m, 15m or even more"
By answering journalists questions, UE Transport Commissioner, Loyola de Palacio, has maintained that the reimbursement Ryanair Airlines is to pay will be some EUR 10m, 15m or even more; negotiations are... more
SecurityRyanair's matter: the European Commission's decision
Brussels, Belgium - The Commission condemned the low-cost carrier for the aids received
A note released by the European Commission, at the end of the investigation on aids given to Ryanair, writes that the European executive is not against "Some forms of aids that allow a genuine development... more
SecurityA Virgin New York-London flight went back to Heathrow
London, Great Britain - There was a burnt smell on board
On January 30th, a Virgin Atlantic flight, departed from London and directed to New York, had to go back to Heathrow because there was a burnt smell on board. On the plane there were 181 passengers but... more
SecurityFrench Minister for Transport intervenes on flight cancellation for terrorism
Paris, France - "Flights will be cancelled for precaution"
On Air France Washington flights' cancellation, the French Minister for Transports, Gilles de Robien, intervenes saying that yesterdays' and todays' flights have been cancelled "For the precaution principle.... more
SecurityPossible air crash in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria - No news on casualties
For the moment there aren't many information on the plane that has probably crashed on a beach near Lagos, Nigeria. Apparently it has been the private broadcaster Channels to diffuse the news, saying that... more
SecurityA phone call made by one of the airplanes hijacked on September 11th has been made public
Washington, Usa - The same aircraft hit one of the Twin Tower
The US Congress Commission, which is investigating on September 11 attack, has made public the phone call that one of the flight attendants made from one of the two aircraft that hit the Twin Towers. It... more
SecurityChina Southern Airlines bought 21 Airbus aircraft
Paris, France - Chinese President Hu Jintao said it
The President of the People's Republic of China, Hu Jintao, in an official visit in Paris, during a joint press release with French President Jacques Chirac, informed that China Southern Airlines bought... more
SecurityArrested presumed killer "in extremis" on a taking off airplane
Miami, Florida - The airplane was already taxiing
His name is Jason Nelson, he has been charged with killing his young girlfriend and her mother and running away with four years old woman's daughter. The man, landed at Miami international airport, deserted... more
SecurityEmergency landing for an Iran Air Jumbo
Beijing, China - Unhurt the 120 passengers
This morning an Iran Air Boeing 747 made an emergency landing in Beijing airport. Apparently the front undercarriage didn't come down, forcing therefore the pilots to make an emergency landing in the Chinese... more
SecurityAustralia: suspected case of Sars for two crew members
Sydney, Australia - Currently in isolation
The carrier name is unknown, but two crew members showed symptoms, which may think of two new cases of Sars, the first ones in Australia after the epidemic of few months ago, coming back from China. This,... more
SecurityBomb alarm at Schiphol airport
Amsterdam, Holland - Due to a suspicious suitcase
Bomb alarm at Schiphol, the main Dutch airport and one of the most important of Europe, where a suspicious suitcase has been found in the first hours of the afternoon in the Hall One, making a bomb squad... more
SecurityHussein "flies" in Qatar
Baghdad, Iraq - The news was released by Cnn
It seems that Saddam Hussein, captured yesterday, was been transferred by plane in the Usa military base, the site of the Central Command for the Middle East and the Indian Ocean, allocated in Qatar. According... more
SecurityThe last injured of the Nassiriya massacre comes back to Italy
Rome, Italy - The airplane with the Carabiniere Antonio Altavilla on board landed this afternoon at the Ciampino airport
Antonio Altavilla, one of the Carabinieri who were seriously injured during the Nassiriya terroristic attack, has came back in his native country just in the day of the massacre's anniversary. This afternoon,... more
SecurityIraq: attack to the American military base
Ramadi, Iraq - There could be several victims
According to first, concitate indiscretions, there could be several the victims of the terroristic attack happened against one of the military bases in Iraq: that one of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. "There... more