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ReportThai Airways sues protesters who blocked the airports in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailandia - The protests between November and December 2008
The airline Thai Airways sued the leaders of the protesters who, between November and December 2008, performed a series of sit-ins against the government of fugitive premier Thaksin Shinawatr, causing... more
ReportBomb-alarm on Transavia airplane departing from Treviso
Rome, Italy - Passengers were blocked to allow controls
A bomb-alarm today interrupted airport operations in Treviso, northern Italy. An anonymous phone call informed that a bomb had been placed on board a Transavia flight which was about to depart towards... more
ReportFlightcare workers to AVIONEWS: "We want a regulation of the sector"
Rome, Italy - The national secretary of UGL Trasporti, Roberto Panella, interviewed by the agency
Roberto Panella, national secretary of the trade union UGL Trasporti, yesterday told AVIONEWS that the main issue concerning the handling industry is the excessive liberalization. "Today there are six... more
ReportFlightcare to AVIONEWS: "We are not seeking a clash"
Rome, Italy - This agency interviewed the CEO of the handling company, Roberto Bruni
The CEO of Flightcare, Roberto Bruni, yesterday told AVIONEWS about his company's position concerning the events that took place in recent days, when workers had held several assemblies and protests. "We... more
ReportMother falls asleep while breastfeeding, daughter smothered
London, UK - The tragedy on board of a United Airlines' flight
A 4-week-old baby died on board of a United Airlines' airplane. Her mother, 29-year-old with Egyptian origins, would have fallen asleep while breastfeeding her, leaning forward and smothering the baby.... more
ReportUN helicopter attacked in Congo-Kinshasa, at least 4 wounded
Dugu, Congo-Kinshasa - Members of a peacekeeping unit
At least four people belonging to a UN peacekeeping unit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire and ex-Belgian colony) have been injured yesterday when the helicopter... more
ReportNew European commissioners appointed
Brussels, Belgium - Italian Tajani will be in charge of Industry extended to Galileo sat programme and Tourism
Josè Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, today presented the new commissioners that will take their roles starting from January 2010. As anticipated (see AVIONEWS), Italian Antonio Tajani... more
ReportAntonio Tajani will be in charge of the Galileo sat programme for the European Commission
Brussels, Belgium - The Italian man will almost certainly be the new EU commissioner for Industry and Tourism
Antonio Tajani, as anticipated by the Italian "Adnkronos" quoting informed sources, will be appointed to the role of European commissioner for Industry extended to the Galileo sat programme and Tourism.... more
ReportEU requests passengers-refunds in case of airlines' bankruptcy
Strasbourg, France - Insurances, reserve compensation fund and mutual responsibility
During a plenary session underway in Strasbourg the European Parliament has requested new regulations concerning passengers refunds in case of airlines' bankruptcy. In particular, the EP has suggested... more
Report17 Eads-Airbus managers charged with "Insider trading": hearings began yesterday
Paris, France - Also involved high officers of DaimlerChrysler and Lagardère
AMF, the French watchdog for the financial market, yesterday began the hearings of the first of 17 people, all former or current managers of the European consortium EADS and of its subsidiary Airbus, charged... more
ReportItalian transport minister defers November 25 strikes
Rome, Italy - As stated in a note by the ministry
The Italian transport minister, Altero Matteoli, has decided to defer the strikes announced by Alitalia-CAI personnel on Wednesday, November 25, "In order -is explained in a note- to avoid a serious and... more
ReportAfghanistan: German minister's helicopter attacked
Kunduz, Afghanistan - No injuries or damages
The German minister for defence, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, was a victim of an attack while he was on helicopter during his surprise visit in the Kunduz province, in northern Afghanistan. No one belonging... more
ReportMike Tyson arrested at Los Angeles airport
Los Angeles, USA - Following a row with a paparazzi
The ex-boxer, heavy weight world champion, Mike Tyson, was arrested at Los Angeles airport yesterday following a row with a paparazzi, who at the end of the confrontation (at no surprise) reported head... more
ReportUSA: jealous former astronaut will not go to jail
Orlando, USA - She had threatened an ex colleague, her rival in love
Lisa Nowak, US former navy captain and astronaut who on February 5, 2007, had attacked a colleague, Air Force captain Colleen Shipman, because of her relationship with Nowak's ex partner, NASA astronaut... more
ReportTwo new directors for the English Civil Aviation Authority
London, UK - David Gray and Michael Medlicott
The UK Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Andrew Adonis, has today appointed David Gray and Michael Medlicott as Non-Executive Members of the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The first... more
ReportSafety in Italy: "The national Police will have to be provided with the same type of helicopter"
Rome, Italy - The minister for Internal affairs, Roberto Maroni, denounced the fact that 75% of the aircraft park has more 25 years
A 10-year plan to equip all the Italian security forces, national police, Carabinieri, and fire-fighters, with a single unique helicopter model. It was announced by the Internal affairs minister, Roberto... more
ReportMajor black-out in Brazil: affected also the airports
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The situation is returning to normality
A great part of Brazil was in panic last night due to a maxi black-out that struck Rio de Janeiro, San Paolo and other big cities of South America for a number of hours. The situation now seems to be back... more
ReportItalian Civil Defense on landslide in Ischia yesterday: a dead person, about 20 injured, of whom 11 hospitalized
Rome, Italy - Air means and motor patrol boats employed by the harbour office
"One person died and about 20 injured, 11 of whom are hospitalized. This is the heavy toll for the landslide that yesterday morning swept away a zone of the Municipality of Casamicciola in Ischia. Facing... more
ReportAmerican Airlines employee fired for replying to a blog
Forth Worth, USA - A customer had complained about the carrier's web site
A web designer from American Airlines (AA) has been fired for having replied to a blogger, for a breach of an agreement (NDA, non disclosure agreement) he had signed which forbids the airline's workers... more
ReportDrunk pilot arrested and charged at Heathrow
London, UK - Reported by his colleagues right before take off
A United Airlines pilot has been arrested at London-Heathrow airport shortly before take off ot the Boeing 767 aircraft that he would have had to fly to Chicago, with 124 passengers and 11 crewmembers... more
ReportItaly: consumers' movement of Bergamo plans actions against Myair.com
Bergamo, Italy - The association safeguards about 1,200 former passengers of the carrier
Following the news that the airline Myair.com has been declared insolvent, with subsequent appointment of a judicial commissioner with negotiating powers (see AVIONEWS), the association "Consumers' movement... more
ReportItalian AMI: 48th anniversary of the massacre of Kindu tomorrow
Pisa, Italy - 13 Italian military slaughtered on a peace mission in Congo on November 11, 1961
The celebrations of the 48th anniversary of the massacre of Kindu in Congo will take place in Pisa tomorrow. It will be officiated by the military chaplain of the military airport of Pisa, Don Tiziano... more
ReportPilot flying in a hot air balloon over the Grottaglie airport was denounced
Taranto, Italy - For compromising transport safety
Pilot was denounced for flying over Taranto-Grottaglie airport without pre-advise. The accusation is for provoking and upsetting safety of the area. Without taking regard, a 35 year old man brought... more
ReportHours delay at Bergamo for the Ryanair flight to Berlin
Bergamo, Italy - Passengers miss their flight for the celebrations of the fall of the Wall
A number of people waiting to depart to take part in the celebrations for the 20th celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall saw their plans fading away this morning, since their 9:40 Ryanair flight was... more
ReportAircraft flying to Argentina forced to land back in Spain due to bureaucratic issues
Madrid, Spain - Brazil denied permission to fly in its airspace
The pilot of an Air Comet Airbus A-330/200 was forced today to invert its route when it was already in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, landing back at Madrid airport from where it had taken off yesterday... more
ReportInternational airlines will be allowed to invest in Indian carriers
New Delhi, India - The proposal is being evaluated by New Delhi's government
Despite the firm opposition of the airline Jet Airways, the Indian government might soon issue a law that would allow foreign airlines to take over up to 49% share into the Indian carriers, as reported... more
ReportNew devices to measure noise in Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Four centers near schools and public places
On October 27 has been installed, near Fregene's seniors club in Via Porto Conte, the first of four new devices to measure the noise level produced by operations at Rome-Fiumicino airport. The other ones... more
ReportAirplane goes missing in Indonesian mountains
Jayapura, Indonesia - Belonging to the local police
A Polish-built PZL M-28 Skytruck aircraft belonging to the local police went missing today in a mountainous region of Indonesia, in the eastern province of Papua, as reported by the country's aviation... more
ReportC-130 Hercules missing from radar
Washington, Usa - After a flight collision with a helicopter of US Marine
A Lockheed Martin C-130H/J Hercules of the American Coast Guard with seven people on board would be in collision with a Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter of the US Marine Corps (with two people on board). News... more
Report“Puncture” the landing and continue the flight: the ever more grotesque story of the Northwest pilots
Washington, Usa - They were not sleeping; they were not engaged in a heated debate: they were: ‘Programming shifts on their Pcs”
Increasingly taking on the contours of the grotesque events that last Wednesday, 21st October, saw the involvement of the two American pilots of the American air company ‘Northwest Airlines’ that without rea... more
ReportFlight pilots "Forget" to land being busily involved in a discussion
Washington , USA - The NTSB opens an inquiry. Only 240 kilometers away from their destination did the pilots realize they had "Forgotten" to land
An Airbus A-320 belonging to Northwest Airlines, travelling on Wednesday the 21st of October from St. Paul International Airport of San Diego to Minneapolis, was carrying 147 passengers on board when it... more
ReportItaly, works to begin for "A. Leonardi" airfield's heliport
Terni, Italy - The only facility of this kind in the Umbria region
The municipality of Terni yesterday announced that on October 26 works will begin for the construction of the new heliport with night lighting by the airfield "Alvaro Leonardi" of Maratta. The pad will... more
ReportPassengers' rights association sues Delta Airlinews
Atlanta, USA - It would have hacked its members' emails to hinder a regulation proposal
Delta Airlines has been sued by a consumers' association with the charge of having hacked email addresses of its members, while attempting to hinder a new regulation on passengers' rights that was about... more
ReportItaly, the president of Aeroporti di Puglia accused of corruption
Bari, Italy - Within a wide inquiry on health-related bribes
Also the president and director general of Aeroporti di Puglia, Domenico di Paola (for corruption) and Marco Franchini (for auction disturbance), are among the charged ones in wide inquiry called "La Fiorita"... more
ReportKazakh fighter drops bomb on houses
Almaty, Kazakhstan - No victims nor injured people reported
A Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer of the Kazakh air force yesterday accidentally dropped one of its bombs, which fell on a house in the region of Almaty (ex Alma-Ata). Luckily the bomb didn't explode, but the country's... more
ReportItaly: Atitech workers protest, hangar blocked at Naples airport
Naples, Italy - Meeting with the government deferred to Monday
An Airbus A-321 aircraft that had just been repaired was blocked today inside its hangar at Naples-Capodichino airport by Atitech workers protesting because they didn't receive the salary for August yet.... more
ReportScuffle between crewmembers on Air India flight
Lucknow, India - The co-pilot would have molested the hostess
Air India flight IC884 performed with an Airbus A-320/200 aircraft, with 106 passengers and 7 crewmembers on board, has surely been a lively one. When they were about 3 hours into the flight between Sharjah... more
ReportEuropean pilots protest against EU regulation on aircrew fatigue
Rome, Italy - They ask Europe to follow the "Moebus Study"
The European Cockpit Association (ECA), European trade union representing about 38,000 airline pilots in the continent, announced for today a series of protests against the European regulation concerning... more
ReportDozens of FARC guerrilla killed in air raid in Colombia
Bogota, Colombia - Among them also commander Jeronimo Galeano
From 30 to 40 FARC guerrilla have been killed yesterday in an air raid performed by the Colombian air force in the mountainous province of Tolima, in the center of the country. The strike has been one... more
ReportThe crew of the Hudson river miracle back in flight
New York, USA - On January 15 they saved the lives of 155 people with a spectacular sea-landing on the river
Pilot-hero Chesley Sullenberger and his co-pilot Jeff Skiles, protagonists of the spectacular sea landing on the Hudson river, New York, with which on January 15 they saved the lives of 155 people on board... more
ReportItaly, Aiut Alpin: 287 rescue missions in summer
Bolzano, Italy - Most of them for mountain emergencies
During the last summer season, which ended yesterday for the province of Bolzano (Italy), the helicopter rescue teams of Aiut Alpin Dolomites performed 287 missions, almost all related to emergency cases... more
ReportTsunami in Samoa's islands: helicopters for rescue arriving
Apia, Samoa - US, Australia and New Zealand have sent them. Obama declares the disaster state
An other earth tremor that has overpassed the 7th degree of Richter scale added to the strong earthquake (8.3 degree) that has hit last night Samoa's islands, causing a tsunami with wave high over than... more
ReportThe Pope flies to Prague with Alitalia
Rome, Italy - The less christian European capital
Pope Benedict XVI will fly tomorrow for a trip to the less christian capital in Europe, with only 2% of participation to Sunday's masses. The Pope will travel with the airline Alitalia-CAI. "Alitalia... more
ReportIATA aims to improve credit card operations
Geneva, Switzerland - Two services to reduce commissions and to protect airlines from frauds
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday announced the launch of two services for airlines around the world to reduce costs and help manage risk associated with credit card operations. The... more
ReportAt least 12 killed in US drone attack in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan - Hit one of Taliban and Al Qaeda's strongholds
At least 12 people were killed tonight in a strike likely performed by a US drone in Pakistan, in the north Waziristan region, an area near the Afghan border. Around midnight hit the Dandy Darpa Khel village,... more
ReportIATA presents climate change proposals to heads of governments
New York, USA - Getting close to Copenhagen meeting in December
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented its proposals to the UN summit in New York. The forum takes place in the run-up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... more
ReportSydney under a sand blanket: transports in tilt
Sydney, Australia - Delays and cancellations into the flights
This morning Sydney has been recovered by a compact red sand blanket brought by a strong storm, the most powerful in the last decades, according the experts, adding that the phenomenon is moving until... more
ReportStockholm: spectacular stealing and escape by helicopter
Stockholm, Sweden - They operate in front of the powerless officers
A stealing assembled in a perfect manner with minimal particulars that practised this morning in the early morning in the cash deposit of the vigilance institute G4S in Vastberga, near Stockholm. A... more
ReportLife sentence for three terrorists who were planning to use liquid explosives on airplanes
London, UK - The attack was avoided in 2006
Three of the terrorists who in the summer of 2006 planned a joint attack on several airliners departing from the UK towards the USA, have been sentenced today to life prison by London's court. The head... more
ReportEconomy class flights for Sonia Gandhi and Indian ministers
New Delhi, India - To save on the cost of politics in a difficult moment for the country
It is austerity time for Sonia Gandhi, president of the Indian National Congress party, currently leading the country, and for New Delhi's ministers. Many of them in fact have started to take commercial... more