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MiscellaneousB-707 will transport the corpses of the two Italian girls dead in the Taba attempt (2): this evening the return
Rome, Italy - After some tests at Jaff forensic medicine institute
Sabrina and Jessica Rinaudo corpses would be already transferred this morning to Eilat, from where they will be transported to Tel Aviv in order to be embarked on board the Italian Air Force B-707 which,... more
MiscellaneousB-707 will transport the two Italian girls dead in the Taba attempt corpses
Rome, Italy - It took off few minutes ago towards Tel Aviv, where the bodies will be embarked
From the Pratica di Mare Airport (Rome) it took off the 14th Wind Italian Air Force B-707TT which will have to repatriate the two Italian girl corpses, Jessica and Sabrina died in the Taba terroristic... more
MiscellaneousAirlift to Lybia is finished
Agrigento, Italy - On Saturday the last transfer which took 90 immigrants to Tripoli
After the last take off on Saturday, when an Alitalia MD-80 leaved from Lampedusa Airport to Tripoli with the last 90 illegal immigrants on board, the airlift with Lybia is finished: the island hospitality... more
MiscellaneousItalian Air Force Falcon took again in Italy Jessica and Sabrina parents
Turin, Italy - After the news about their daughter body identification
Yesterday in the morning, from the Turin-Caselle Airport at 8:47am, an Italian Air Force Falcon freed by the Government, took the parents of two Italian sisters involved in the Taba attempt occurred on... more
MiscellaneousJeep at high speed finishes up in the check-in of the Berlin Airport: two casualties
Berlin, Germany - The off-road driver taken heart attack, lose the car control
This morning a big off-road would be plumbed into a check-in area of the Tegel International Airport of Berlin, because the car driver was taken a hill. The man, that it seems was taken heart attack,... more
MiscellaneousLinate (4): new auxiliary power generators supplied by an English multinational
Milan, Italy - The "Chloride Silectron" of Castel Guelfo in Bologna
The new auxiliary power generators for the Linate Airport have been supplied by the "Chloride Silectron" of Castel Guelfo (Bologna) as yesterday had anticipated Osvaldo Gammino, responsible of the "Airlines... more
MiscellaneousLinate (3): flights are regular
Milan, Italy - The Sea operative manager confirms it
Marco Alberti, Sea official, confirmed the Linate air traffic is now regular: "Until 8:00am there was still a traffic restriction for safety, then, at peak hour, the normal operativeness has been restored".... more
MiscellaneousLinate (2): Italian magistracy of Milan opened an inquire
Milan, Italy - Maybe the two auxiliary power generators are the radar-stop cause
"Public service stoppage": this is the offence formulated against unidentified culprits from the Italian magistracy of Milan which opened an inquire about Linate events (see for details AVIONEWS). The... more
MiscellaneousDon't forget the Linate tragedy (2): the Sea operative manager puts flowers on the incident runaway
Milan, Italy - Relatives today visit the stones to the beech-wood in the airport
While the Lombardia regional council began meeting with one silence minute, this morning Marco Alberti, operative manager of Sea - society that manages the Milan air stations - and a firm deputation put... more
MiscellaneousThree terroristic attempts in Egypt: 30 died and more 100 were injured
Taba, Egypt - Victims and wounded persons would be mainly Israeli-natives while Al Qaeda would be responsible for such massacre
International terrorism hits again and this time it occurs in Egypt, striking tourism sites in Taba (Red Sea) and in Sinai. Three relevant blasts would have in fact been produced last night. The first... more
MiscellaneousDon't forget the Linate tragedy
Milan, Italy - In Italy, religious ceremony to commemorate the third anniversary of the crash
Today in the Milan Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie there was the religious ceremony to commemorate 118 victims and 4 Sea (society that manages the air station) dependants which were working in a hangar,... more
MiscellaneousAmerican airplanes and helicopters attack Al Zarqawi's assistants in Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - Ten died and 16 were wounded following the air strikes occurred last night, according to local hospital's sources
US Army's combat helicopters and US Air Force's strikers would have performed a series of missions over the Iraqi city of Falluja. Local hospital's sources would have talked about at least 10 dead and... more
MiscellaneousThere has been a bust in the plane of the Polish premier
Warsaw, Poland - Other difficulties create to the Polish Government delegation by a means of transport produced in the sovietic period
It seems to be a TU-154M the plane from which, before taking off, gave off smoke coming from one of its engines, which repulsed the Polish Government delegation, headed by the premier Marek Belka, which... more
MiscellaneousLinate Radar (4): almost EUR 20m damages for airlines
Milan, Italy - The Linate "Airlines Committee" responsible declared it
After the fitful days lived between yesterday and today, the airlines begin to draw the first balances about loss suffered because of the several flights cancelled: Osvaldo Gammino, responsible of the... more
MiscellaneousThe airlift occurred yesterday brought back some 360 illegal immigrants. Berlusconi is going to Lybia today
Lampedusa, Italy - Italian Premier to be in Lybia today, right on the "Revenge Day" which celebrates the repulse of the Italians from the African country
Italian Government would have decided to avoid for Alitalia and AirAdriatica the trasnport of the illegal immigrants arrived in Lampedusa (Italy) during the last days, as it resorted to four C-130 Hercules... more
MiscellaneousFog to Fiumicino (2): fifty flights cancelled
Rome, Italy - Strong hardships for who travelled on the planes diverted
"Aeroporti di Roma", society that manages Roman air stations, reported that the situation to Rome-Fiumicino is improving (see AVIONEWS): at moment the balance is about 24 flights diverted towards other... more
MiscellaneousLinate Radar (3): The Italian Minister of Transport Pietro Lunardi statements
Rome, Italy - "It was a techinical problem"
During a workshop of an Italian logistic and transport Association (Confetra) held today in Rome, the Italian Minister of Transport, Pietro Lunardi, commented the new stop occurred this morning (see for... more
MiscellaneousRadar Linate (2): this morning an other stop
Milan, Italy - Blocked again the air traffic
The Linate International Airport this morning seems to have back to normality (see AVIONEWS), when it has been ordered a new air traffic block from 9:56am, and from 10:10am to Malpensa Airport. It seems... more
MiscellaneousIsraeli helicopter attacks Palestinian militiamen: two children died as well
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - It would have ben revealed by Palestinian hospital and security sources regarding the Israeli armed operation occured yesterday
An Israeli Army's combat helicopter would have killed by the launch of a missile two children too, during the strike performed yesterday against the Palestinian refugee site in Jabaliya, in the Gaza Strip.... more
MiscellaneousRadar Linate: two stops in one day
Milan, Italy - There were still delays and cancelled flights
After the 3 minutes stop yesterday morning (see AVIONEWS), computers which handle the instrument flight data - IFR, Instrument Flight Rules - at Linate flight control regional center, went haywire from... more
Miscellaneous"Before the Linate incident occurred, yesterday flights haven't been stopped": the "Comitato 8 Ottobre" president declared it
Milan, Italy - Today in Milan there is an air safety workshop
Two days before the Linate incident victim remembrance, and the day after the second audience against the alleged culprits (see AVIONEWS), Paolo Pettinaroli, the "Comitato 8 Ottobre" president, would have... more
MiscellaneousSecond audience of the Linate disaster
Milan, Italy - Acquired the grounds of sentence by which four inquires have already been condemned
During the second audience of the process with summary proceedings against 7 inquires charged to be guilty of the disaster that in October 8, 2001, caused at Linate 118 victims (see for details AVIONEWS),... more
MiscellaneousSwiss plane has been grazed by Israeli fighters jets which escorted the Lufthansa flight
Larnica, Cyprus - The Swiss International Airlines Airbus changed its course thanks to the anti-crash system alert
The Israeli fighters jet that yesterday escorted the Lufthansa flight diverted to Larnaca for a bomb-alarm (see AVIONEWS), would have grazed just over the Cyprus skies a Swiss International Airlines Airbus... more
MiscellaneousIt started again the Italian air-bridge to Tripoli
Agrigento, Italy - An Air Force C-130 would be already took off
After the air transfer stop decided yesterday (see for details AVIONEWS), at 1:40pm from the Lampedusa Airport would be took off the first of the four Hercules C-130 of the Italian Air Force which have... more
MiscellaneousA Deputy tried to free the French hostages in Iraq by an Ivory Coast's Presidential airplane: it gives rise to a debate
Paris, France - The attempt of resorting to the Ivory Coast regime's support would have firmly been criticized by President Chirac
French President, Chirac, would have firmly criticized the attempt performed by Deputy, Didier Julia, for trying to free the two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq, an attempt occurred early in September.... more
MiscellaneousA massive Israeli aerial offensive against the launch of Palestinian missiles towards the Jewish sites
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - Thirteen UN's members arrested for attempting to hide a missile on an ambulance, according to Israeli forces
The Israeli armed forces would be carrying on a massive military operation in the Gaza Strip, which would have been involving this territory for a week, with aerial and ground missions aimed to destroy... more
MiscellaneousIt left again the Lufthansa plane diverted to Cyprus
Larnaca, Cyprus - The German B-747 was undergone careful controls also with the help of against-explosive dog units
Yesterday evening, Larnaca Airport (Cyprus) said Lufthansa B-747 diverted to the island air station after it was escorted by two Jewish State military fighter jets out of the Israeli air space (see AVIONEWS),... more
MiscellaneousThe Italian air-bridge to Lybia stopped
Agrigento, Italy - On Friday the Minister of the Interior will relate to Chamber of Deputies
After the several landing of hundreds illegal immigrants from North Africa at island of Lampedusa (Sicily) that in the last days made necessary continuos air- bridges with Libya, in order to repatriate... more
MiscellaneousFrance succeeds in expelling Imam Venisseux
Lyons, France- Abdelkader Bouziane, Algerian, commented about the defence of female lapidation
An expulsion of such Imam had already been suggested, but it was vain as he appealed to Council of State,which enabled him to turn back France. But yesterday, the major French administrative authority... more
MiscellaneousOlympic Airlines again protagonist of a false bomb-alarm
Athens, Greece - The third one in a week
Again a bomb-alarm, again false and again for a Greek Olympic Airlines plane (see AVIONEWS), the flight 265 that this morning would be left again from Athens to London, after yesterday has had carry out... more
MiscellaneousA C-130 takes again in Italy the female child wounded in the Giakarta terrorist attack
Verona, Italy - The Italian Air Force aircraft landed yesterday evening to Verona airport of "Catullo"
Yesterday evening at 9:15pm (local hour) by an Italian Air Force C-130 it returned home Elisabeth Manuela Masu, the Italian 5 years female child, critically injured during the terrorist attack to the Australian... more
MiscellaneousThe B-747 Singapore Airlines left again to New York: no bomb aboard
London, United Kingdom - Alarm had been launched by a call to the German Police
It left again to New York the B-747 Singapore Airlines that yesterday was diverted at 11:00am local hour to Manchester Airport, after it took off from Frankfurt (see for details AVIONEWS): a call to German... more
MiscellaneousThirty fishing boats stop the "Destined Glory 2004" exercise
Cagliari, Italy - The local fishermen's protest against the impossibility of using the sea area involved by the military activities
The NATO’s exercise named "Destined Glory 2004", which is scheduled to go on in the southern area of Sardinia (Italy) till October 16 (see for details AVIONEWS), has been suspended for today. A group o... more
MiscellaneousDouble American air strike on Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - Two buildings were hit at dawn: killing 9 and wounding 14, according to local hospital sources
US Air Force's fighter-bombers hit the Iraqi city of Falluja two times this morning at dawn. During the two strikes some 9 persons would have been killed and 14 would have been injured, according to what... more
MiscellaneousFalse the bomb-alert on the British Airways flight
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Launched by an anonimous call to a Dutch television
After a careful baggage control of the 118 passengers of the British Airways Berlin-London flight (see news AVIONEWS) and so much careful check on the same aircraft, parking for safety about a 1 km distance... more
MiscellaneousSamarra under siege: American strikes early in the morning
Samarra, Iraq - Also an AC-130 Spectre gunship against the rebels' sites endowed of mortars and rocket-launchers acted
A massive aerial attack would have been performed by US Air Force in Iraq this morning, which would have in particular involved Samarra city, some 100 km North from Baghdad. Soldiers and vehicles of the... more
MiscellaneousCar-bomb and rocket attacks in Baghdad: 41 died and 100 were wounded; even dead caused by the USA's strike have been confirmed
Baghdad, Iraq - Several American soldiers and Iraqi children would have been killed or wounded due to multiple attempts
Dozens died and hundreds were wounded in Baghdad today, following several explosions mainly produced by three car-bombs located in strategic sites and made to explode by the rebellion militiamen while... more
MiscellaneousUS airplanes hit Falluja
Falluja, Iraq - Several buildings would have been destroyed by some missiles this morning at dawn, as considered depots for Al Zarqawi's weapons
New aerial attacks by US Air Force would have been performed this morning in Iraq. Some US fighter-bombers would have heavily hit Falluja city at 05:00 (local time) where, according to spokesmen by the... more
MiscellaneousPassenger assails with an adze two pilots of a Norwegian flight (2): he was a 34 Algerian man
Oslo, Norway - A political asylum claimant refused, in unbalance state
A 34 Algerian political asylum claimant would be the aggressor of the Kato Airlines two pilots this morning: the police reported the young would be in evident unbalance state. According to some plane passenger... more
MiscellaneousToday arrive in Italy 15 children critically ill
Rome, Italy - Their arrival is scheduled in the afternoon at Fiumicino airport
The arrival of 15 Iraqi children critically ill in Italy, and incurable in Iraq, previewed in the afternoon would be fruit of an agreement between the Italian government and Iraq for the help in order... more
MiscellaneousPassenger assails with an adze two pilots of a Norwegian flight
Oslo, Norway - It occurred aboard a national carrier Kato Airline plane
A passenger that was flying on board a Norwegian Kato Airline Dornier, taken off from the Narvik airport and destined to Bodoe, in the Northern Norway, about at 10:45am would have assailed with an adze... more
MiscellaneousOlympic Airlines: an other emergency landing for a false bomb-alarm
Dublin, Ireland - A call to a Greek newspaper said the plane would be exploded within a hour
An Olympic Airlines flight Athens-New York, with on board 295 passengers, taken off yesterday at 1:10pm (local hour) from the Greek capital, diverted for a bomb-alert to the Ireland airport of Shannon.... more
MiscellaneousPakistan President arrived in Rome
Rome, Italy - He landed this morning at Ciampino together with his wife
Coming from Amsterdam, Pervez Musharraf, President of the Republic Muslim of Pakistan, together with his wife Sheba, has landed this morning in the military zone of the Rome-Ciampino airport for a State... more
MiscellaneousAn air-bridge for 4000 Angolan refugees
Windhoek, Namibia - In program 27 flights leaving from Hosea Kutako airport
The first air-bridge in order to transport Angolan refugees from Namibia to Huambo (Angola) started: it come carried out in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization... more
MiscellaneousNigeria: Delta of Niger's rebels accuse AGIP to resort to its choppers to spy their movements
Lagos, Nigeria - Militiamen would have threatened to attack the oil plants and the company's personnel
Oil companies appear at risk in Nigeria in the region concerning the Delta of Niger River, at least when considering the decision by Shell to leave from the area. The reason for such worry would be related... more
MiscellaneousThe US 007 would have intercepted the voice of one of the two Simone kidnapped
Baghdad, Iraq - They could be freed within Friday according a Kuwait newspaper
After the reassuring words uttered yesterday on the fate of the two Simone kidnapped in Iraq, from the King Abdallah of Jordan today in visit in Rome (see news AVIONEWS), this morning there is an other... more
MiscellaneousFalluja: raid against a shelter of Al Zarqawi militiamen
Falluja, Iraq - According to the first news would be six casualties and three injured
An American aviation air raid on Falluja would have shooted six persons and killed other six. It would have been be a matter of a "precision attack", Americans military sources said: the aim seems was... more
MiscellaneousSimone kidnapped in Iraq: new hopes from the King of Jordan
Rome, Italy - The Monarch will reach tomorrow in Rome
"The two Italian volunteers kidnapped in Iraq are alive and hope of receiving within Tuesday good news [... ] With the intelligence aid we are trying to localize them and using all our contacts with leaders... more
MiscellaneousOlympic flight: it was false the alarm (2). The airplane left again bound for its destination
London, UK - Police confirms it did find nor anything suspicious in the aircraft neither in the baggage
"The airplane was accurately checked and we are satisfied we can say no danger for security exists [...] The aircraft will be refuelled and prepared to fly again": this was the statement by an Essex Police’s s... more
MiscellaneousCanada ready to send a C-130 with necessities towards Haiti
Montreal, Canada - Food, medicines and clothes to be delivered to population in difficulty soon
After the great solidarity coming from anywhere in the world and addressed to Haiti, as being in difficulty in these days (see for details AVIONEWS), also Canada would have decided to cooperate. After... more