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ReportSikh controversy in the Malpensa airport
Milan , Italy - A man forced to remove his turban
Today at the airport of Milan-Malpensa a belonging to religion of Sikhism was forced to remove his turban to carry out routine checks. For members of this creed the headgear has a religious value and can... more
ReportItalian Senate, voting on the nominations of Italian ANSV's board postponed due to lack of Senators' quorum
Rome, Italy - Confirmation of the charges earlier deferred also by the Chamber
On Wednesday, March 16th, 2011, the Public Works Commission of the Italian Senate is discussing the nomination of three members of the Board of ANSV, Italian Air Safety Board. They're Elda Turco Bulgherini,... more
ReportLibya (2): Ajdabiya conquered by the troups loyal to Gaddafi
Ajdabiya, Libya - Meanwhile, the G-8 has ruled out the hypothesis of a no-fly zone
According to a news just unveiled earlier by the Libyan State Tv, so far not confirmed by other sources, Muammar Gaddafi's Army would have already conquered Ajdabiya, a city of Cyrenaica being under attack... more
ReportGaddafi, at least four air raids in Ajdabiya
Ajdabiya, Libya - City of Cyrenaica in the hands of rebels
According to reports by the Arab TV "Al Jazeera", this morning Gaddafi's army would have carried out at least four air raids on Ajdabiya, in Cyrenaica. The city, currently in the hands of anti-government... more
ReportNASA, man dies falling from launch pad
Cape Canaveral, USA - Of the space shuttle Endeavour
On Monday morning, a man died falling from the launch pad 39A of Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was unveiled by NASA, which pointed out that the victim was a worker of United Space... more
ReportArabian Sea: Indian Navy stops the attackers of "Vega-5", 61 arrested
New Delhi, India - Freed also the hostages of the cargo ship from Bangladesh
The Indian Navy's "INS Khukri" has completed its third anti-piracy operation of the air, searching and attacking the "Vega-5" cargo, taken by the pirates, about 600 km off the Indian coasts. Without... more
ReportTokyo airports full of passengers trying to leave Japan
Tokyo, Japan - The nuclear crisis is on top of the fears
Hundreds of foreigners continued to leave Japan on Monday amid heightened fears over the safety of the country's nuclear plants. Long queues could be seen at the departure terminal of the Haneda Airport. French... more
ReportVirgin Blue crew complain about their new uniform
London, UK - They are "Uncomfortable and unsafe"
Virgin Blue's flight attendants have started complaining to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority about their new polyester uniforms creating "very painful" rashes. The 1960's-inspired uniforms, designed... more
ReportEarthquake in Japan: where could the aid airplanes land?
New Jersey, Usa - Many airports remain closed and some are flooded
Jewish organizations are mobilizing their responses to the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan today. IsraAid, an Israel-based coordinating organization for 17 Israeli and Jewish humanitarian... more
ReportLibya, Sarkozy will propose to EU leaders targeted air raids on Libya
Paris, France - Frattini: Italy won't participate
According to reports from a source close to the Elysée, Nicolas Sarkozy will propose to his European counterparts to carry out targeted air strikes against a very limited number of target, in the areas... more
ReportGaddafi (4): just one airplane to Cairo. The other 2 landed in Brussels
Brussels, Belgium - The member of the staff of the colonel would meet up with UE and NATO representatives
Sources of Italian government have strongly denied that Libyan airplanes of Gaddafi's fleet have landed in Italy. The 2 aircraft which took off this afternoon from Tripoli headed to Brussels. According... more
ReportGaddafi (3): the other 2 private Libyan planes are also heading to Cairo
Cairo, Egypt - They changed route leaving the idea to fly to Athens and Vienna
Unlike the news released few moments ago, the other 2 Libyan airplanes which took off from Tripoli airport are heading to Cairo. At the beginning, sources from Greece and Malta agreed reporting that they... more
ReportGaddafi (2): plane lands in Cairo carrying a message of the Libyan leader
Cairo, Egypt - No comments by Egypt's military council
A Libyan plane carrying the head of the Libyan Authority for Supply and Logistics and who is carrying a message from Muammar Gaddafi has landed in Cairo airport, Egyptian airport officials said. Major-General... more
ReportGaddafi might have left Libya by plane
Tripoli, Libya - Three private aircraft has left the country bound to Vienna, Athens and Cairo
Three private jets owned by Colonel Gaddafi today left Libya headed for Vienna, Athens and Egypt, according to reports. Greek officials said they spotted one Libyan Airlines Falcon 900 jet as it briefly... more
ReportIndia: 2 more airplane pilots found with fake license
Delhi, India - They had cleared the tests to graduate from co-pilot to the captain's seat
In India, investigations by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), initiated after a woman pilot was found repeatedly landing wrongly on the nosewheel of the plane, have thrown up two more... more
ReportBritish airport chiefs to face House of Commons Transport Committee
London, UK - Following the air disruption last December
The boss of BAA Heathrow have faced today the House of Commons Transport Committee to answer questions about the airport chaos caused during the snow in December. Shortly before Christmas thousands... more
ReportLibya, further air raids against rebels in Ras Lanuf
Benghazi, Libya - Frattini: unlikely the employ of Italian airplanes in Libyan soil, but not the concession of military bases
"AFP", "Agence France Presse", reports that this morning Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered further air strikes against the rebels. This time, the Libyan fighters struck the area of Ras Lanuf, in... more
ReportLibya rebels want foreign airplane cover as Gaddafi's aviation bombs them
Tripoli, Libya - Fighters pushed the frontline westbound
Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Libya have called for foreign air cover to set up a no-fly zone after they have been bombed by the regime aviation for three days. The popular uprising in Libya initially had... more
ReportChinese AVIC purchases US private aircraft maker
Minneapolis, Usa - The transaction would allow to bid on American defense contracts
A unit of China Aviation Industry Corp., a state-run company behind China's stealth fighter, agreed to buy Minnesota-based private-aircraft maker Cirrus Industries Inc.—a small deal that highlights the e... more
ReportLibya, further air raids against rebels
Brega, Libya - This time to be bombed it was Brega, Cyrenaica, already attacked yesterday by Gaddafi's soldiers
Muammar Gaddafi this morning would have launched the umpteenth air raid against pro-democracy rebels. Fighter planes piloted by pro-regime soldiers would have bombed the city of Brega, in Cyrenaica (eastern... more
ReportScheduled for today in Rome the funeral of Italian Captain Massimo Ranzani
Rome, Italy - The member of Italian alpine troops dead in Afghanistan last Monday
It was opened to public at 9:00 this morning the burial chamber of Massimo Ranzani, the member of Italian alpine troops dead at the beginning of this week in Afghanistan. It had been possible to pay homage... more
ReportLibya: rebels call for UN strategic air strikes
Tripoli, Libya - Against foreign mercenaries hired by Gaddafi
As reported by the international press, the National Libyan Council of rebels in Benghazi, formed by leading professionals, has clearly called for UN to intervene against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi... more
ReportUS Senate passed resolution urging "No fly zone" over Libya. The leader again on TV
Washington, USA - But Russia and France are opposed: the flight ban will be taken into consideration only in case of UN mandate
Yesterday, the US Senate unanimously passed a resolution to ask the world to take into consideration the possibility of a "No-fly zone" imposition over Libya. The document supports the pro-democracy demonstrators,... more
ReportOn March 3rd, 2011: 34th anniversary of the plane crash on Monte Serra, Italy
Pisa, Italy - In which 44 people died. Tomorrow a memorial will be inaugurated
Tomorrow, on March 3rd, 2011, it will be the 34th anniversary of the severe plane crash on Monte Serra, Italy, in which 44 people were killed. A C-130 Hercules of AMI, Italian Air Force, took-off from... more
ReportJealousy causes a fight on a Caracas-Rome aircraft
Rome, Italy - A man sees his girlfriend kissing his friend, attacks him and tries to open the plane's door
Occurrence for AZ 687 flight, connecting Caracas to Rome. A Russian man, K.V., 42, fell asleep, drunk, during the route, but at an altitude of 10,000 meters, when the aircraft was above the Indian Ocean,... more
ReportUSA: it's a federal crime to aim lasers at airplanes or helicopters
Washington, Usa - The House of Representatives voted the bill yesterday
People who knowingly aim laser pointers at an aircraft would be committing a federal crime subject to up to five years in prison under legislation the House has passed. The House of Representatives... more
ReportLieutenant Massimo Ranzani promoted captain. He was the Italian soldier killed yesterday in Afghanistan
Rome, Italy - The commemoration of the man has begun yesterday
A press release of Italian Army announces that Lieutenant Massimo Ranzani, born in Ferrara (Italy) on March 24, 1974 and deceased yesterday in Adraskan (Afghanistan) after an attack against a patrol of... more
ReportAfghanistan: 5 NATO soldiers have died today
Kabul, Afghanistan - One of them was a member of Italian army
At least one Italian soldier was killed and four others injured this morning in west Afghanistan when the Lince armoured military vehicle they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb. The latest attack... more
ReportThe military airport of al-Banin is in the hands of the rebels
Benghazi , Libya - The staff of the airport joined the insurgents
The Libyan rebels took possession of the military airport of al-Banin, near Benghazi. The news was reported this morning on the website of "Al-Jazeera" which described al-Banin as the second military airport... more
ReportPassenger complains because the pilot of the aircraft is a female
Delhi, India - The man has been escorted off the plane
A Mumbai-bound IndiGo airlines flight was delayed nearly 2 hours at the Delhi airport after a passenger caused a ruckus over the fact that the plane's pilot was a woman. A fellow passenger told that... more
ReportTerremoto in Nuova Zelanda: estesa la zona di interdizione al volo aereo
Christchurch , Nuova Zelanda - Per permettere ai soccorritori di utilizzare gli strumenti di ascolto
L'area interdetta al volo aereo sopra la città neozelandese di Christchurch -epicentro di un terremoto alcuni giorni fa- è stata allargata. Un portavoce dell'autorità per l'aviazione civile ha comunicato ch... more
Report"Gadhafi ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 persons on a Pan Am airplane"
Tripoli, Libya - Libya's ex ex-justice minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil said
Libya's ex-justice minister claims Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. Mustafa Abdel-Jalil said that "I have proof that Gadhafi gave the order about... more
ReportTunisian carrier Nouvelair to return airplanes from Libya
Tunis, Tunisia - They would be used to transfer foreign mercenaries from African countries
Nouvelair Limited Company has announced that it will return six of its Airbus A-320 commercial passenger jet airliners from crisis-hit Libya, after receiving news that Libya does not meet its contract... more
ReportRepressions in Libya: 1000 dead according to witnesses
Tripoli, Libya - Gaddafi threats to use force and affirms he's ready to die a martyr
According to Foad Aodi, president of COMAI, Arab World Communities in Italy, dead in the bombings that Muammar Gaddafi would have ordered against anti-government protesters in the Libyan capital would... more
ReportRe-opened Libyan airspace: Tripoli's airport returned to normality
Tripoli, Libya - It was unveiled by Mohamed abd as-Seid, the highest authority of Libyan Air Force
"Tripoli International Airport is working normally and planes are taking off and landing normally", states today the Libyan press quoting the words of the highest authority of the Air Force of the Country,... more
ReportBeirut denies permission for private Libyan airplane to land in Lebanon
Beirut, Leabanon - It was carrying 10 passengers
The Lebanese aviation authorities refused to give permission for a private Libyan jet carrying 10 passengers to land at Beirut's international airport. According to airport officials the plane was due... more
ReportItalian Defence Minister: first C-130 plane sent to Libya to make Italians return
Tripoli, Libya - La Russa: "It won't land in Benghazi, where the airport has been bombed", but in another still unspecified airport
As announced yesterday by Italian Defence Minister, Ignazio La Russa, this morning should be departed to Libya an airplane that is going to repatriate about one hundred Italians from the Country, where... more
ReportEarthquake in New Zealand: at least 65 victims (VIDEO)
Christchurch, New Zealand - Many people still trapped under the rubble
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 affected this morning the New Zealand causing at least 65 dead and dozens injured and missing. According to Prime Minister John Key "We are experiencing the darkest days... more
ReportLibya, new aircraft raids on protesters
Tripoli, Libya - Berlusconi: "Unacceptable" the use of violence on the civilian population
There's a real civil war in Libya. According to witnesses quoted by "Press TV", following the attacks of last night, this morning at dawn the Libyan government would have unleashed once again air strikes... more
ReportLibya denies landing to Turkish Airlines evacuation flight
Benghazi, Libya - The reasons of the decision remain unknown
A Turkish Airlines flight sent to evacuate Turks caught up in unrest in Libya returned to Istanbul after being denied permission to land. Civil aviation authorities at Benghazi airport refused to let the... more
ReportFinmeccanica repatriates about 10 employees from Libya
Tripoli, Libya - Due to anti-government riots in the Country
According to a company spokesperson, Finmeccanica in these hours would be making repatriate from Libya less than ten workers employed by AgustaWestland. They would be only part of the fifty employees... more
ReportMedvedev in Rome (2). Russia and Italy will complete agreement on air transit of Afghanistan-bound weapons and troops
Rome, Italy - But also bilateral dossiers and issues of international relevance at the core of the meeting between the two minister, on which the two head of governments will report to the press
In the context of the visit of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (see AVIONEWS), also the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is arrived in Rome. The minister and his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini... more
ReportMayday from Italy to EU: the European agency Frontex sends back-up forces to Lampedusa
Lampedusa, Italy - The phenomenon has a Community relevance
Following to the formal request for assistance by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini, Frontex, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders... more
ReportNo news about the Italian petrol tanker attacked by pirates
Rome, Italy - Italian Minister La Russa would have required military to observe rules of secrecy
It's from three days, probably at the request of Italian Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa, that Italian Coast Guard and Navy have not been providing updates on the conditions of the Italian "Savina Caylyn"... more
ReportDue to a misunderstanding begins emergency for SLA A-340 airplane
Male, Maldive - A colloquial phrase mistaken for a bomb-threat
Perhaps the poor knowledge of the language, rather than an exaggerated state of alert, was at the base of the misunderstanding that yesterday caused the emergency status for an A-340 aircraft of Sri Lankan... more
ReportThe international drug trade under pressure: another maxi seizure of ovules with hashish and money
Rome, Italy - Rome-Malaga: the four couriers arrested before departure from the airport
Italian Security forces had scored another victory against the international drug smuggling. Heading for Spain with destination Malaga, the couriers: three Ukrainians resident in Spain, aged 42, 44... more
ReportEgyptian President Mubarak resigns
Cairo, Egypt - It was announced by vice-president Omar Suleiman in a TV message
Thousands of demonstrators in Cairo and other Arab Countries have welcomed the news of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, unveiled through a televised message by the vice-president Omar Suleiman. The... more
ReportAn airplane carries Mubarak and his family to Sharm el-Sheikh's residence
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - It wouldn't be an escape, but...
A plane, which took-off from the military airport of Cairo carrying the contrasted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family, landed just after 15:00 local time today in Sharm el-Sheikh, where is... more
ReportPirates attack to two tankers: potential implications for oil supplies
Rome, Italy - After the "Savina", also captured a Greek ship
Still no news from the "Savina Caylyn", the Italian tanker seized by pirates on February 8, about 670 miles east of the island of Socotra, in the Indian Ocean. The ship, owned by shipowners Brothers D'Amato,... more
Report"Madera" cocaine operation in the airport
Rome, Italy - Seized about 90 kilograms of drug
The "Madera" operation ended yesterday, conducted by the Financial Police of Fiumicino and coordinated by the public prosecutor of the Anti-Mafia Department Carlo Lasperanza. The investigation began in... more