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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
SecurityUsa chopper takes fire in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq - The pilot has carried out an emergency landing
A Usa Apache helicopter, engaged in a zone of Iraq, seems to have taken fire but the pilot was successful into executing a "controlled landing". It was reported by a spokesperson of the American Army. more
SecurityCarries out a record fly and runs out of fuel
Sydney, Australia - The protagonist of the episode is and Australian man called Jon Johanson
He completed a record flight flying in solitary over the South Pole on board of the single-engine RV-4 aircraft manufactured by himself but ran out of fuel and got stranded in a military base. The protagonist... more
SecurityBush banishes plastic guns for other 10 years
Washington, Usa - They could pass unchecked at the airport metal detectors
A law just signed by the Usa President extends for ten years (the current ban would have been expired this month), the banishing of the guns realized in plastic material, that can not be detected by the... more
SecurityEmergency landing for Usa aircraft in Iraq
Bagdad, Iraq - It seems that one of the engines exploded
An C-17 cargo aircraft of Usa Aviation seems to have had to make an emergency landing at the airport of Baghdad due to the explosion of a motor. The explosion could have been provoked by a missile. Sources... more
SecurityThe Usa chopper seems to have made an abrupt, controlled landing near Fallujah
Bagdad, Iraq - There were no victims or injured
A little ago voices were released about the crashing of a Usa helicopter in Iraq. It seems it was, according to what has been released by the American General Command in Florida, an "abrupt, controlled... more
SecurityThe Usa chopper crashed today was shot down
Bagdad, Iraq - It was reported by a witness
The Usa helicopter crashed today near Fallujah (60 kilometers west of Baghdad) seems to have been shot down by a "Rpg" rocket. It was reported by a witness to the Associated Press. more
SecurityBaghdad: attacked the Italian Embassy (2). Frattini: "We don't have to lower the guard"
Rome, Italy - The Foreign Minister confirms the threats received in the last days
"This episode confirms that we must be always ready, on the alert, and never lower the guard", it is with these words that the Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, has commented the news of the attack against... more
SecurityBaghdad: attacked the Italian Embassy
Baghdad, Iraq - Nobody was injured, material damages only
Yesterday evening at 23,30 local hour (21,30 in Italy) a missile or perhaps a mortar blow was launched against the building that host the Italian Embassy in Iraq. The second floor of the building, in which... more
SecurityBaghdad: a rocket launcher found near the Italian Embassy
Baghdad, Iraq - Attacked also two hotels in the center of the city
This morning the Iraqi police has found a rocket launcher placed near the site of the Italian Embassy in Baghdad. A witness has reported to have noticed a man parking a cart in an adjacent road and then... more
SecurityA radar operational problem seems to be the cause of the White House evacuation
Washington, Usa - It should have been a dot on the radar
It should have been a dot tracked on the radar to cause the White House evacuation, according to U.S. Air Force close sources. Therefore the alarmed was called off. more