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SecurityArafat buried in Ramallah
Ramallah, Cisjordan - The crow thwarted coffin drawing from helicopter
When the helicopter with on board Yasser Arafat ashes touched down at Muqada palace, everything held: then, soon after two helicopters taken from Egypt landed, the President has been acclaimed by kalashnikov... more
SecurityRamallah: a crow is waiting for helicopter with Arafat coffin
Ramallah, Cisjordan - Egypt demanded to Israel helicopter could fly low over Gaza
A lot of people are reaching Ramallah from all parts of Cisjordan to wait for the helicopter which taken off from military base of Almaza with on board Yasser Arafat corpse (see for details AVIONEWS).... more
SecurityArafat funeral finished
Cairo, Egypt - A military guard carried the casket wrapped by the Palestinian flag as far as the Egyptian military aircraft
The Palestinian President Yasser Arafat state funeral occurred under impressive safety measures in front of deputations from all the world. An eight military-guard conducted the casket on board the Egyptian... more
SecurityItalian Air Force C-130 supported Italian citizens repatriation from Ivory Coast
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - All those whom had made a request for it to Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs come back home
One hundred and ten Italian citizens - who had made a request to Ministry for Foreign Affairs - came back in Italy by the Italian Air Force C-130 (see for details AVIONEWS): it took off from Abidjan bound... more
SecurityArafat coffin in flight bound for Cairo
Paris, France - The plane carring him towards Egypt took off
The airplane which will carry Arafat coffin towards Egypt for the funeral service took off from the French Villacoublay military base (see for details AVIONEWS) recently. During the cerimony set by the... more
SecurityArafat's ashes to Villacoublay by helicopter
Paris, France - In the military base will be held an official cerimony before leaving to Egypt
The President Yasser Arafat ashes are flying on board the helicopter taken off from the military hospital "Percy" in Paris, to reach the military base of Villacoublay where an official cerimony will be... more
SecurityFalluja: US helicopter shot down
Falluja, Iraq - But United States denied
According to a "Reuters" journalist, a US helicopter would have been shot down in Falluja, but US have denied the news: "There was no Multi-National Force-Iraq helicopter shot down", it said in a statement. The... more
SecurityYasser Arafat landed in Paris
Paris, France - He was taken immediately to the hospital to undergo due medical treatments
The airplane with the Palestinian National Authority leader Yasser Arafat landed in Paris few minutes ago (see AVIONEWS) and he was immediately taken to "Hospital d’Instruction des Armees de Percy", m... more
SecurityFiumicino: alarm due to an unattended package
Rome, Italy - Artificers have found in it only a Tv
This afternoon, at Rome-Fiumicino Airport an unattended package placed near one of the gate of Terminal A (Domestic flights) has been sprung an alarm: on the site the artificers of the Police have arrived... more
SecurityVirgin Atlantic plane diverted for bomb scare
London, United Kingdom - It has landed safely to the Stansted Airport
A flight left from Hong Kong and destined to Heathrow International Airport (London), this morning was diverted to Stansted air station (designated airport to handle planes involved in security alerts)... more
Security"Bomb to America" on an United Airlines flight
Chicago, USA - A short while the American airline would have confirmed that alert was false
Rtv Noor Holland, a Dutch broadcaster, would have communicated earlier today it has received an e-mail in which it announced a bomb on board the United Airlines flight Sk0909 with 128 people, including... more
SecurityEgyptian President Mubarak landed at Ciampino
Rome, Italy - An official visit to analyse the Middle Eastern situation, the crisis in Darfur and the Italian-Egyptian relations
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, arrived in Rome this morning for an official visit in Italy, landing at Ciampino Airport at 11:18, after taking off from Cairo air station at about 09:00 aboard an Airbus... more
SecurityLinate: the sabotage hypothesis is appearing
Milan, Italy - At meantime this morning flights seem flying regularly
The Italian magistracy would have ordered the sequestration of the two auxiliary power generators which power the Linate CRAV (Regional Flight Assistance Center), in a case grid falls (see AVIONEWS). At... more
SecurityA radar fault at Linate (2): delays and flights cancelled throughout country
Milan, Italy - Cancelled Air France and British Airways flights, too
Because of the Linate stop radar occurred at 9:25am (ses AVIONEWS), troubles have occurred at "Guglielmo Marconi" Airport in Bologna: the Air France flight from Lyons would have been cancelled, and those... more
SecurityA radar fault at Linate: there are delays for take off and arrivals
Milan, Italy - Troubles were affecting entire North-West Italy air traffic, the Milan Crav competence area
This morning the radar of the Milan-Linate Air Central Center (ACC) - Crav, regional center flight assistance - for few minutes would have stopped its activity, occasioned some trouble in the air traffic.... more
SecurityLufthansa: bomb-alert on a flight bound to Tel Aviv (3): in a hour it will can take off again
Larnaca, Cyprus - It would be of joke made by an Arab man, according to the "Jerusalem Post"
A Lufthansa spokesperson said the flight LH-686 with 331 passengers on board, left this morning at 10:10am from the Frankfurt airport with destination the "Ben Gurion" International Airport in Tel Aviv,... more
SecurityLufthansa: bomb- alert on a flight bound to Tel Aviv (2) : still a false notice
Larnaca, Cyprus - It seems it is a German security mistake
About 20 minutes after the Lufthansa plane landing at Larnaca Airport (see for details AVIONEWS), the Israeli Foreign Minister would have reported that the notice threating "large quantity of charge on... more
SecurityLufthansa: bomb- alert on a flight bound to Tel Aviv
Larnaca, Cyprus - The plane with on board 300 passengers was diverted on Cyprus
A Lufthansa plane from Frankfurt and destined to Israele, to Tel Aviv, with over 300 passengers on board, would have been compelled by Israeli military planes to emergency landing on Cyprus: the Israeli... more
SecurityToday the second launch of the SpaceShipOne (2): mission accomplished
Los Angeles, Usa - Paul Allen will cash USD 10m for the space tourism
Also accomplished the second attempt on the first private space team in the history: the SpaceShipOne has remarkable gone over the 100 km height barrier (see news AVIONEWS). The billionaire Paul Allen... more
SecurityFalse bomb-alert: Singapore Airlines plane diverted
London, United Kingdom - It landed to the Manchester Airport
A Frankfurt-New York flight of the Singapore Airlines was diverted in England to Manchester Airport, after a bomb-alert. The plane would have carried out an emergency landing without problems at 11:00am,... more
SecurityBritish Airways plane diverted for safety reasons (2): escorted by two F-16 jet fighters
Amsterdam, Netherlands - At moment the police would be making controls on the aircraft
A British Airways spokesman, reported that the flight BA983 destined to Heathrow made the emergency landing at the Schipol International Airport at 01:56pm local hour, escorted by two Dutch F-16 jet fighters... more
SecurityBritish Airways plane diverted for safety reasons
Amsterdam, Holland - Airline would have received a "specific threat"
An Airbus-319 of the British Airways taken off from Berlin and destined to London seems was diverted at 2:00pm (local hour) Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, for safety reasons. The carrier reported to have... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free: they arrived in Rome-Ciampino Airport yesterday night
Rome, Italy - Aboard an airplane of Italian Red Cross together with its Extraordinary Commissioner, Maurizio Scelli
The two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq and freed yesterday arrived last night at 11:15 pm (Italian local time) aboard an Italian Red Cross' Falcon 20 aircraft, landing at Rome-Ciampino Airport. Relatives,... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (5): they are going to arrive in Rome even this night
Rome, Italy - The antiterrorism pool attorney is waiting for them
Simona Pari and Simona Torretta could arrive in Rome at night. Rome's antiterrorism pool Attorney is waiting for them. Meanwhile, it would have been revealed that Italian Premier Berlusconi will talk about... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (4): Berlusconi confirms the event
Baghdad, Iraq - Releases occurred in different places
Even the two Iraqi hostages kidnapped by the group responsible for hiding Simona Pari and Simona Torretta would have ben freed. All the releases would have happened in different places anyway. Rome's Prefect... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (3): Berlusconi confirms the event
Rome, Italy - Now they would be together with the Italian Red Cross
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed the occurred release of the two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq. Berlusconi has underlined how Simona Pari and Simona Torretta are together with the Italian... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (2): half of the ransom has been paid
Baghdad, Iraq - The "Al Rai al Aam" newspaper revealed it
It seems that has been paid the half of a ransom of USD 1m in order to free the two Italians girls: the daily paper of Kuwait "Al Rai al Aam" reveals it. At the moment in which we write Simona Pari and... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free: they are going to arrive in Rome by a special flight tomorrow
Baghdad, Iraq - They would have directly been brought to the Italian diplomatic delegate by their kidnappers
The two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, would have been freed. It would have been revealed by Al Jazeera, putting into evidence how they would have been brought to the... more
SecurityThe two Italian girls kidnapped in Iraq are free (6): from several years they were engaged with the "Un ponte per" association
Baghdad, Iraq - Both have taken care of plans about children
Simona Pari and Simona Torretta both volunteers of the association "Un ponte per" have been seized in Baghdad the last September 7. Simona Pari is born in Bologna on June 6, 1975, is graduated in philosophy... more
SecurityOlympic flight: it was false the bomb alert
London, United Kingdom - "The flight 411 for America carries a bomb for Iraq"... "America will see": this is the message of the anonymous calls to the Greek newspaper "Ethnos"
No bomb aboard the Olympic Airways flight Athens-New York, forced yesterday afternoon to make an emergency landing, because of three anonymous telephone calls perceiving about the presence of a device... more
SecurityIsrael: union announces the end of strike
Tel Aviv, Israel - The air traffic will be resumed
Few minutes ago Histadrut, the Israeli union, would have announced the end of the general strike that for two days has paralyzed the country. In Israel many categories of workers have crossed their arms... more
SecurityEU approves the cancellation of the embargo against Libya
Brussels, Belgium - The measure to be ratified at Luxembourg on October 11 by EU's Foreign Office ministers
European Union approved after the USA (see for details AVIONEWS) the cancellation for the embargo against Libya this morning. The decision was considered by Coreper, the Committe of representatives for... more
SecurityAbolition sanctions to Libya: Bush says yes
Washington, USA - Line and charter flights will return to travel from and to Tripoli
It’s arrived as preannounced (see news AVIONEWS) the President George W. Bush signature which puts a stop to trade embargo to Libya: the sanctions already had been suspended the last April 23, when Gheddafi r... more
SecurityDemonstration occurred at Fiumicino
Fiumicino, Italy - Several employees of the air station operating at the Cargo City moaned about the lack of activities efficiency
A spontaneous protest by the employees of a shipping company linked to Alitalia occurred at Fiumicino Airport this morning. Starting at about 06:30 am, a group of at least 60 cars and lorries would have... more
SecurityThe Mi-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school (4): it is a massacre
Beslan, Russia - The first partial news indicate more than 100 victims and at least 200 children among the injured persons
Helicopters and special forces go on trying to find the terroristic group barricaded in a side of the school structure, the theatre of a serious Checen terroristic action (see for details AVIONEWS 1, 2... more
SecurityThe Mi-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school (3): the helicopters overfly the temporary refuge of the militiamen
Beslan, Russia - 13 among them sheltered themselves in another building but the Russian forces have already surrounded it
The group probably consisting of 13 among the members of the Checen terroristic commando has barricaded inside a building after escaping from Beslan school, whose roof fell down and whose structure would... more
SecurityThe MI-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school (2): aerial vehicles overfly the area searching for the fugitives
Beslan, Russia - Terrorists would have tried to escape by putting on hostages' dresses in order to hide within the crowd
Russian military helicopters are overflying the area around the Beslan's school in order to find the escaping terrorists. It seems that at least ten among them are close and that the men and women of the... more
SecurityThe MI-8s are firing against terrorists escaping from Beslan's school
Beslan, Russia - The final assault against the Chechen militiamen who have kidnapped hundreds people has really started
The Russian armed forces and Police's blitz against the Chechen terrorists, who have kidnapped hundreds children and young persons together with their parents and teachers, at a Beslan school, in Northern... more
SecurityMalpensa: hijacking fear on an Alitalia flight
Varese, Italy - Emergency measures soon sprang, a half hour traffic stop
This morning at international airport of Malpensa has been a hijacking alarm on the Alitalia flight AZ-637 from Miami. It seems hijacking hypothesis circulated for a signal from French flight assistant's... more
SecurityNew battle in Najaf
Najaf, Iraq - Iraqi temporary Government appears anyway willing to peacefully put the struggles to an end as soon as possible
Even the last night the US Air Force's strikers would have performed several bombing missions on the Iraqi holy city of Najaf. In the morning, struggles between the Moqtada Al-Sadr's militiamen and the... more
SecurityStruggle in Najaf started again (2): bombing in Iraq occurred also in the morning
Najaf, Iraq - US strikers would have also hit an industrial plant at Falluja
American strikers would have carried on bombing activities in Iraq also during the morning, hitting several targets in many cities of the country. Najaf would be still involved in sporadic struggles between... more
SecurityStruggle in Najaf started again: the USA resort to the AC-130 Spectres
Najaf, Iraq - New bombing and gunfire began yesterday in the evening and went on all night long
Starting from yesterday in the evening, the Iraqi city of Najaf turned into a target again and it was bombed by US Air Force. Moqtada Al-Sadr decided to avoid to surrender and he is carrying on his fighting,... more
SecurityRebels attack Italian soldiers in Iraq: an Italian Air Force's HH-3F helicopter repulses the militiamen
Nassiriya, Iraq - No one was injured among the Italian troops
A new attack by the rebels in Iraq against the Italian forces occurred today. An Italian Army convoy moving north from Nassiriya would have been attacked at about 12:05 am (local time) by several men endowed... more
SecurityAttack against Carabinieri in Nassiriya
Nassiriya, Iraq - Three injured and one appears serious so that he would have been carried to Kuwait City by an Italian Air Force's helicopter
Three Italian contingent's Carabinieri stationed in Nassiriya (Iraq) were wounded last night during two attacks against three vehicles, occurred within about 20 minutes. Carabinieri were performing a territorial... more
SecurityItalian-Lybian agreement: the repatriation by airplane for 2500 illegals already started
Rome, Italy - Italian-Libyan air, naval, and land patrols to fight illegals boats
An agreement between Rome and Tripoli has been reached yesterday, aiming to the counter-immigration training and patrolling of two countries borders by air, naval and land units, in order to prevent in... more
SecurityAl-Sadr wounded during USA's strikes
Najaf, Iraq - Nevertheless, cures provided would have enabled him to escape while the holy city is under US control
Moqtada Al-Sadr would have been wounded during the strike activities performed in the last 24 hours by the US F-16 and AV-8B fighter-bombers on the holy city of Najaf. It would have been unveiled by his... more
SecurityAl-Sadr under siege in Najaf (2): American soldiers control the holy city again
Najaf, Iraq - USA's F-16s hit Moqtada Al-Sadr's house
US F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighters would have hit the Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr's house in Najaf, even if he would be far from his house, barricaded together with some hundreds rebels... more
SecurityAl-Sadr under siege in Najaf
Najaf, Iraq - The area related to the monumental cemetery of the holy city would have been surrounded by USA's forces
The final attack by American forces and Iraqi national guard against Moqtada Al-Sadr's militiamen in Najaf would have started last night, while the rebels remain in the holy city, barricading themselves... more
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