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ReportThe extravagant official visit of Gheddafi in France
Tripoli, Libya - With 400 people, a big tent and maybe some camels
The official visit of Libyan leader Moammer Gheddafi to the Elisée will last three days. According to the Kuwaiti newspaper "Al Jarida", the trip, officially the first after 34 years, would have also... more
ReportAeronautic terminology in dribs and drabs... <b>T as "Tailless"<b>
Rome, Italy - One of the best examples is the NASA/Boeing X-36
A Tailless aircraft (often tail-less) traditionally has all its horizontal control surfaces on its main wing surface. It has no horizontal stabilizer. A tailless type usually still has a vertical stabilizer... more
ReportFirst flight school opened by the US in Iraq
Kirkuk , Iraq - Aim is to progressively rebuild the Iraqi Air Force
Three years and a half after the invasion of Iraq, the US armed forces have finally decided to found the first flight school for Iraqi pilots, for trying to rebuild the country's air force, practically... more
ReportSri Lanka, bomb detected in officers' apartment building
Colombo , Sri Lanka - Air Force commander possible target
Sinhalese security forces defused this morning a 1,2-kilos-heavy explosive device, found inside the garden of an apartment building lived-in mostly by Army officers and Members of Parliament. It seems... more
ReportAfghanistan, US air raid kills 5 alleged Talibans
Kabul, Afghanistan - One would be involved in the kidnapping of Daniele Mastrogiacomo
US Armed Forces in Afghanistan reported in a release to have eliminated yesterday in an air raid 5 Taliban militants. One of these is indicated as one leader of the Islamist militia responsible for the... more
ReportNew transport strikes in December
Rome, Italy - In the air sector and railways
The transport workers' unions (Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Ugl, Apm Up, Anpav, Cobas and Cisal) have programmed new protests against the government's policies and measures contained in the 2007 budgetary law regarding... more
ReportChad: rebels at war against French and foreign troops
N'Djamena , Chad - Population on the run
Anti-governmental rebels of the Forces for Democracy and Development in Chad (UFFD) have officially declared war to the French - whose troops and planes are dislocated in the country in consequence of... more
ReportAt least 45 illegal flights, the Court of Accounts claims damages to General Speciale
Rome, Italy - Within the end of January should be formalized the responsibility for fiscal damage
The military power of attorney of Rome ascertained that General Roberto Speciale, the financial police ex-head, who is investigated for peculation, used one of the two financial police ATR-42 aircraft... more
ReportAll clear for the case of passenger flying with tuberculosis
Washington , USA - No infected among the other passengers
The contagion alarm has been called off among the passengers who shared flights AF-385 of Air France Atlanta-Paris and CSA-104 Praga-Montreal of Czech Airlines on May 12th and 25th respectively, with... more
ReportTaxi drivers' turmoil, inconveniences in Fiumicino
Fiumicino , Italy - Empty stands this morning at the airport
The discomforts created to the circulation in the Italian capital's area due to the protests and the wildcat strikes of the Roman taxi drivers carry on. After the failure of the meeting between Mayor Veltroni... more
Report4 victims of Israeli raids tonight
Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories - They were militiamen of the Al Qassam Brigades
4 losses were inflicted tonight by the Israeli Armed Forces to the Al Qassam Brigades, armed wing of the radical islamic movement of Hamas, as well as two wounded. Two militiamen remained killed, according... more
ReportInternational jet fighters kill 14 Afghan workers
Kabul , Afghanistan - They were working at a roadway, taken for Talibans
An umpteenth accidental massacre of civilians was provoked by US-led international armed forces in Afghanistan. Informed of the presence of Taliban guerrillas in the area of Nuristan, North of Kabul, the... more
ReportCologno Monzese against aircraft noise pollution
Cologno Monzese , Italy - Tomorrow meeting with Linate's management
The experimentation by the airport authorities of Milan-Linate, which has moved many routes from the Eastern directrix to the Northern, continues to raise protests on behalf of the cities affected by the... more
ReportIsraeli air strikes against Hamas militants carry on
Gaza , Palestinian Territories - Tension rises while peace talks continue
In the evening of yesterday the Israel's Army (IDF) Air Forces have hit again with combat helicopters the positions of Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. According to what referred by Israeli military... more
ReportFinancial police seized plane, VAT has not been paid
Milan, Italy - Cessna 525 jet plane owners have been charged with fraud against EU and smuggling
Two businessmen, one comes from Milan, the other from Verona, have been charged with fraud against EU and smuggling since they did not pay VAT (Value added tax) concerning the purchase of a Cessna 525... more
ReportTyphoon "Mitag" hit the Philippines
Manila, Philippines - 8 dead, destructions and a missing fighter aircraft
"Mitag", the category-1-typhoon whose arrival has been feared for the last days, hit the Philippines between Saturday and Sunday with winds up to 120 km/h, leaving behind serious devastations, and heading... more
ReportTerravision, Public Prosecutor releases the box from sequestration
Rome, Italy - According to Public Prosecutor, the assumption of crime has to be considered groundless
Last Thursday the eighth group of the Metropolitan Police of Rome has seized in the Rome-Ciampino airport a booth for bookings and tickets of Terravision, supposing for 4 people the crime of misuse of... more
ReportTerravision, Municipal Police seize booth in Ciampino
Rome, Italy - The company provides the passenger-transport service from the airport to Rome city centre
The 8th Group of the Municipal Police of Rome has seized in the airport of Rome-Ciampino a booth for bookings and tickets of Terravision, transport company providing the passenger-transport service from... more
ReportTyphoon approaching the Philippines, thousands evacuated
Manila , Philippines - Air and sea traffic suspended
A typhoon is approaching the coasts of the Philippines, by an average speed of 175 km/h, with gusts of 210 km/h. The authorities in order to avoid risks have disposed the evacuation of thousands of persons... more
ReportInconveniences for dozens Italian and European passengers travelling to Lybia
Tripoli, Lybia - The authorities pretend Arab translation of passport
The barometer of the European-Lybian relations records again bad weather. The government of Tripoli decided namely to refresh a norm abrogated in 2005, according to which foreigners are admitted to the... more
ReportBangladesh emergency: the US aids
Dhaka, Bangladesh - A first provisional balance talks about around 3,500 victims of cyclone Sidr
After the request of aids to the international community by the temporary technical authorities of Bangladesh, the US replied by sending 30 helicopters and 3,500 soldiers to the Country devastated last... more
ReportBangladesh emergency: biscuits rain from the sky
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Launched from airplanes and helicopters in the most hit and secluded areas
Airplanes and helicopters of the national military aviation and WFP - World Food Programme, are launching some packages containing food (in particular highly invigorating biscuits) in the most hit and... more
ReportStrong winds raise fears of new wildfires in California
Los Angeles , United States - Four US-Army, fire-fighting C-130 airplanes sent over to the West Coast
While the United States prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the resurgence in Southern California of strong and dry winds, the same that fed the massive wildfires in the last weeks, have prompted the... more
ReportVictim of a helicopter crash, corpse stolen: he was a drug lord
Ensenada, Mexico - Fierce gunfight in the morgue
Francisco Medardo Leon Hinojosa, wanted for being a drug lord financing one of the most important cartels smuggling narcotics between Mexico and the United States, that of Tijuana, led by the Arellano... more
ReportToo large-breasted: drug in their bras, arrested in Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Two Nigerian women coming from their Country via Tripoli
It would have payed 100 kilograms of street drug and 25 million Euro the load of cocaine extraordinarily pure found today at the airport of Rome-Fiumicino: 20 kilograms of narcotics that two Nigerian women,... more
ReportTo be freed the killer of one of the flight controllers of the Überlingen desaster
Zurich, Switzerland - He was the father of two of the 49 Russian children died in the incident
Vitaly Kaloyev, the Russian citizen who in 2002 lost wife and two children in the Überlingen air desaster and that in 2004 stabbed to death Peter Nielsen, one of the flight controllers held responsible... more
ReportAfghanistan: hit the Canadian headquarters in the Kandahar province
Kandahar, Afghanistan - Averted danger from the Canada Minister of Defense Peter MacKay
Yesterday, the Canadian Minister of Defense Peter MacKay had a hard time while he was on a visit to the Forward Operating Base Wilson of the Canadian contingent in the Kandahar province, Afghanistan. During... more
ReportFriendship USA-Pakistan deteriorates?
Islamabad, Pakistan - The United States review the military cooperation with Musharraf
The Pakistan president Musharraf tries to lower the tone and calm the situation, but it is sure that the events of the last hours, after the arrests and the declaration of the state of emergency in the... more
ReportPortugal: bus with elderly people onboard falls down a precipice
Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal - Three helicopters transported the wounded to the hospitals of Lisbon and Coimbra
A hideous incident occurred last night near Vila Velha de Ródão, about 150 kilometres from the capital Lisbon, when a bus with 38 people on board fell down a precipice after the impact with a car driven b... more
ReportBush asks the Congress for allocation to fight drugs in Mexico
Washington, USA - The money will be used for buying airplanes and helicopters and for training the police
The president of the United States of America, George Bush, asked the Congress to approve an allocation of 500 million dollars, a part of a 1.4 billion package, to be used to fight narco-traffickers in... more
ReportAfghanistan (3): the Talebans respond to last night's air raid
Qal'eh-ye , Afghanistan - Killed 20 members of a parliamentary delegation
It might be the response to the attack launched last night by air and ground Forces of NATO and Afghanistan in the North-Eastern province of the Country which caused dozens of victims among Taleban guerrillas,... more
ReportCalifornia: a boy found guilty for wildfire of October 21
Los Angeles, USA - He sparked the fire while playing with matches
A young boy seems to be responsible for one of the wildfires which have recently devastated the state of California. The fire in question is that blazed on October 21 in the area of Santa Clarita, North... more
ReportTraffic in children? 18 arrested in Chad, among whom the crew of an airplane
N'Djamena, Chad - Embarrassment in France and Spain, international trouble
The matter is referable to "Arche de Zoé", a non governative organization (NGO): last night, in the city of Abéché, Centre-East of the Country, the power of attorney has indicted 18 people, seven crew me... more
ReportAnkara troops surround a hundred PKK Kurdish rebels
Ankara, Turkey - The military manoeuvre is being carried out near the Iraqi border
A group of about a hundred Kurdish rebels belonging to PKK (a Kurdish political party) is being surrounded in these hours by regular Turkish troops in the province of Hakkari, South-East Turkey, near the... more
ReportBeijing: the fog keeps the giant of the sky A-380 on the ground
Beijing, China - The phenomenon concerns all the city
Mix together the high and chronic atmosphere pollution of Beijing and the thick fog which has been surrounding the city since last night: what you get is a cocktail of chaos, traffic, blocked airports,... more
ReportFirst Turkish airstrike against the PKK in Iraq
Istanbul , Turkey - Next week Condoleeza Rice in Turkey
It was maybe a warning, surely it has been a precise signal. Yesterday morning 6 F-16 jet fighters of the Turkish Air Force took off from the base of Dyarbakir, the city in South-Western Turkey which is... more
Report"Leonardo da Vinci" airport, seized 3 kilograms of drug
Rome, Italy - Arrested a Nigerian and a Maltese
Lupin, a drug dog of the Rome-Fiumicino airport financial police, found 6 wrappings which contain 2 kilograms of cocaine and 1 of heroin, hidden inside the shoes of two men just landed. Two narco-traffickers,... more
ReportUS Apache helicopter causes massacre North of Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq - Many civilians among the victims. Third episode in three days
While the United Nations Assistance Mission publishes its last report on human rights in Iraq, in which it states that at least 88 civilians were killed in US airstrikes just between April 1st and the... more
ReportCalifornia burns: 30 aircraft committed; the Pentagon sends 6 military airplanes and 1500 soldiers
San Diego, USA - State of Emergency decreed yesterday
California is burning due to a huge fire the firemen cannot deal with anymore: it has involved 100,000 hectares of territory, from North Los Angeles to the border with Mexico. Two thousand fire fighters... more
ReportUS Air Force could attack the Kurds of PKK in Iraq
Washington , USA - To ward off a Turkish invasion
The crisis that is currently involving Turkey, the Kurds and the US is a chain of pressures. The demonstrators in Istanbul make pressure on the Turkish government to do something against the Kurdish guerrillas... more
ReportFound the wreckage of a WWII airplane
Concordia Sagittaria, Italy - Lost the trail of the Messerschmitt BF-109 and its pilot in the conflict
In the country of Concordia Sagittaria, a small town in the Venice province, the wreckage of a WWII Messerschmitt BF-109 fighter and the remains of its pilot have been recovered. All that has been possible... more
ReportItalian Air Force helicopter rescues the crew of a boat race
Palermo , Italy - Only much fear for 16 members of the "Loki"
Yesterday night the boat race "Loki", an Australian fleet of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, sent out an SOS for a rudder damage, owing to bad weather and "Very high" sea. Luckily, all 16 people on board... more
ReportTaxi drivers gather, no taxis in Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Traffic jam in Rome but no strike for the moment
While in Rome this morning the traffic was going crazy, at the airports the travellers had to renounce to taxis. These are the consequences of the extraordinary gathering summoned at the Circus Maximus... more
ReportMan watches a movie and courts arrest
Hawaii , USA - Fortunately the misadventure lasted few minutes
A man on board Ata Airline low-cost carrier plane bound for Hawaii tried to watch a movie on his iPhone and courted arrest. The man, named Casey, has been reproached by a flight attendant who was doing... more
ReportHeavy rains and floodings hit Texas
Dallas, USA - Numerous flights cancelled at Dallas-Fort Worth
A storm of exceptional dimensions has hit in the day of Monday the Northern part of Texas, causing floodings, damage to houses and businesses, and leaving without power more than 20,000 people. The heavy... more
ReportGarlasco delict: to nail the murderer investigators resort to satellites
Pavia, Italy - And ask the Italian Air Force and the US for help
The police are trying all possible means to cast light on the murder case of Chiara Poggi, occurred in August in a small villa in the town of Garlasco, near the city of Pavia, Northern Italy. Now they... more
ReportMicciché and the "Falcone-Borsellino" airport: "That name so sad"
Palermo , Italy - Forza Italia politician reveals his thought, then takes back
Landing at the "Falcone-Borsellino" airport of Palermo, named after the two famous judges murdered by the mafia, Gianfranco Micciché, president of the Sicilian regional assembly and leading figure of... more
ReportUS air-raid causes massacre of civilians in Iraq
Baghdad , Iraq - The episode took place in the North-West of Baghdad
It is of more than 34 dead and 6 injured the bloody account of the air-raid conducted by the US Armed Forces during a counter-insurgency operation in an area North-West of Baghdad. Of these 34 victims,... more
ReportIraqi government asks Blackwater for compensation
Baghdad, Iraq - 136 million dollars to indemnify the families of the gunfight victims
The facts: Blackwater is a private American company operating in the security field using men and vehicles, including helicopters, also in Iraq for operations of escort, also armed. Last September 16th... more
ReportTurkey does not accept the violation of its airpace by Israel
Damascus, Syria - Still debates after the Israeli air raid in Syria
"Turkey will not allow its territory or airspace to be used for any activity which might damage the safety of Syria" is what the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ali Babacam, declared yesterday in Damascus, on... more