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ReportCaucasus crisis: NATO meeting in Brussels
Brussels, Belgium - What happened?
Tough is the tone of the NATO statement, written down by 26 NATO Foreign Ministers who met yesterday in Brussels to talk about Caucasus crisis (see AVIONEWS). If we also take into account today deal between... more
ReportFire in the Egyptian Parliament
Cairo, Egypt - Egyptian Army's helicopters fight against fire
Yesterday, at 14:30 p.m., a fire hit the Egyptian Parliament, Cairo, destroying the second and the third floor of the 19th century palace and causing severe damages to the archive. Army helicopters... more
ReportItalian Civil Defense: a Canadair airplane in Albania
Rome, Italy - Fires in Valona and Gijrocaster
The Italian Civil Defense sent yesterday a Canadair airplane in Albania following a request of fire-fighting support in Valona and Gijrocaster areas. The airplane, able to release 6,000 litres of water... more
ReportAfghanistan: killed ten French soldiers
Kabul, Afghanistan - Killed during an ambush by Taleban fighters
Ten French soldiers, part of the NATO peace-keeping force, were killed and twenty-one remained injured in an ambush by Taleban fighters, 50 Km east of Kabul (Afghanistan). The tragedy took place last... more
ReportPakistan: Pervez Musharraf resigns as Pakistan President
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pressures by London and Washington
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced today that he will resign just days ahead of impeachment in Parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent... more
ReportChina: bomb threat to protest against Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan - An Air China flight turns back to Nagoya
Till latest hours before starting, Beijing Olympic Games have caused troubles. After the criticism accompanying the Olympic torch, the risk of a bomb attack loomed, another time, on opening ceremony of... more
ReportGeorgia-South Ossetia: the situation erupts
Tbilisi, Georgia - Fighter bombers violate Georgian air space?
After last days violent clashes between Georgian Army and South Ossetia, the situation in the separatist province erupted. During the night five Georgian fighter bombers bombed the village of Tkverneti,... more
ReportClashes among Army and pro-Taleban militants
Islamabad, Pakistan - 25 militants killed
Still clashes in Pakistan North-West province, in an area along Afghan borders, stronghold of pro-Taleban militants and Al Qaeda. Cause of the clash: a security vehicle of Pakistani Army was intercepted... more
ReportRepatriated the two Italian aid-workers kidnapped in Somalia
Rome, Italy - Arrived this morning at Rome airport
This morning at 9:45 Giuliano Paganini and Iolanda Occhipinti, two Italian aid-workers kidnapped in Somalia on May 21st 2008 and set free on Tuesday, arrived. At Rome airport, where they landed on a Swiss... more
ReportParents forget their daughter, aged 4, at airport
Tel Aviv, Israel - They embarked for Paris with the rest of their family
As recent events demonstrate, today's parents are absent-minded. At "Ben Gurion" airport in Tel Aviv, an Israeli couple heading to Paris with 5 children, forgot at duty free area their daughter, aged 4. Their... more
ReportIllegal migrants arrival: an unstoppable tide
Lampedusa, Italy - First aid center in Lampedusa collapsed
Over the last few days, Spain, Sardinia, Lampedusa and Malta's coasts have been invaded by illegal migrants. A few hours ago, a boat located 80 miles South Malta's island has wrecked. On board 28 Somali... more
ReportWoman's body found in a bathroom on Delta's airplane
Atlanta, Usa - The same carrier communicates it
A spokesperson of the same US carrier, Delta Airlines, communicated that the flight assistants, at the end of Los-Angeles-Atlanta route, after the passengers' disembarking, have forced the bathroom's door... more
ReportKaradzic extradited in The Hague
The Hague, The Netherlands - Protest by some Karadzic's supporters
Today Radovan Karadzic, arrested in Belgrade on 21st July by Serbian Authorities, was accused of war crimes and genocide perpetrated during Bosnian war from 1992 to 1995. Karadzic, arrived to The Hague... more
ReportRhodes: fire under control
Rhodes, Greece - Italian, Greek and Cypriot Canadair aircraft left Greece which fought the fire with Civil Defence airplanes and helicopters
After seven days fighting against fire with Canadair aircraft belonging to Italian Civil Defence and to Cypriot and French Authorities, Greece extinguished the fire which destroyed 5 thousand hectares... more
ReportThe crisis team of Farnesina follows the matter of two Italian climbers blocked on Nanga Parbat
Rome, Italy - Direct contact with the President of "Everest-K2 CNR" Committee
The Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry (Farnesina), through a task force, is following from the day before yesterday, also in contact with Agostino Da Polenza (President of "Everest-K2 CNR" Committee) the... more
ReportB-767 airplane carries out an emergency landing due to a drunken
Hamilton, Bermuda - The man attempted to open one of the doors at 1,000 m altitude
Spine-chilling moments onboard a First Choice B-767 airplane, took off from London-Gatwick to Cuba with 257 passengers and 11 crew-members, which captain decided to make an emergency landing on Bermuda... more
ReportItalian Alpinists blocked on the Nanga Parbat: bad weather conditions impede to the helicopter with rescues to exceed 6,500 m altitude
Islamabad, Pakistan - A new overflight of the Rakhiot is forecast for tomorrow at dawn
Hopes take turns at disappointments in the affair of two Italian Alpinists Walter Nones and Simon Kehrer, that along with Karl Unterkirchen have attempted to climb Rakhiot on the Nanga Parbat, the World's... more
ReportA Pakistan Army helicopter in support of the Unterkirchen's team-mate
Islamabad, Pakistan - Departing from Italy two experts of Everest K2CNR Committee
All the world with the bated breath for the destiny of the two team-mate of the Italian alpinist Karl Unterkirchen, Simon Kehrer and Walter Nones missing until this morning, when from the Nanga Parbat... more
ReportCapo Gallo disaster, summary proceedings for the 9 accused
Palermo, Italy - Sixteen people died in the air crash
The nine accused for the Tuninter ATR-72 air crash of 2005, August, 6th (see for details AVIONEWS), will have a trial according to abbreviated proceedings as from next October, 31th. Tunisian airline's... more
ReportTwo Italian air riflemen injured in Afghanistan
Herat, Afghanistan - The both were medicated in the night
Two air riflemen from the Italian Air Force were injured after yesterday's ambush at 07:45pm (local time) in Shiwashan district, a little far from Herat, when the armour where they were travelling with... more
ReportNepal, helicopter's arrival to distribute supplies is expected to come
Kathmandu , Nepal - West district people whitout food since many days
Citizens from West Nepal's district have threatened the mass suicide for poisoning because of the missing intervention of the authorities to bring food after 3 weeks. Nepal food corporation helicopters... more
ReportHelicopter disappears in the sea in northern Japan
Tokyo, Japan - Two pilots, a journalist and a cameraman, were on-board
Three airplanes and three ships are looking for a helicopter with two pilots, a journalist and a cameraman on board, missing from yesterday when it's disappeared on the northern Japan's coast, far from... more
Report"Fake fares", Danish ombudsman releases airlines' name
Copenaghen, Denmark - After "Airline Sweep" inquiry about web-sites' check
Danish public warranter has released the list of airlines which didn't respect the EU rules about transparency of offers and news on their own web-sites. "Airlines Sweep" inquiry, started in September... more
Report"Perfect" operation to free Ingrid Betancourt from FARC fighters
Bogotà, Colombia - A white helicopter has been also used to free the Colombian ex-candidate
A white helicopter looking like a common civil chopper, has saved Ingrid Betancourt, ex-candidate to Presidential Colombian elections, in addition to three more American citizens and 13 Colombian army... more
ReportConcorde crash: Continental Airlines will be processed
Paris, France - Continental Airlines held responsible for plane crash
According to French legal sources, an aircraft - DC-10 - of the US Continental Airlines lost a metallic foil in July 2000 on the Paris-"Charles de Gaulle" runway which caused the breaking of a supersonic... more
ReportAfghanistan: US helicopter shot down near Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan - A Canadian convoy hit by kamikaze
An American helicopter, a Black Hawk, has been shot down this morning in a province near Kabul by enemy fire. Two occupants once at ground, lightly injured, have destroyed the aircraft before that it found... more
ReportBattle of Chora (Afghanistan), acquitted the Dutch Generals charged with the murder of 65 civilians
Kabul, Afghanistan - "They have operated in observance of the enlistment rules and Convention of Geneva"
Chora. Uruzgan central province. Afghanistan. On June 15-19th, 2007. Victims: two Dutch soldiers, 16 Afghan soldiers, about 70 Talibans and 65 civilians. Three days of carpet bombing by F-16 fighters,... more
ReportUstica, inquest begins again in the 28th anniversary of the disaster
Rome, Italy - Following to Francesco Cossiga's sentences
Today is the 28th anniversary of Ustica disaster, the air crash which caused the death of 81 people on-board of a DC-9 Itavia airplane, flying from Bologna to Palermo, bursted on flight and disappeared... more
ReportRyanair, Air France, Lufthansa, easyJet "Will survive"
London, United Kingdom - "Davy Stockbrokers" revealed it in a report
Ryanair, Air France-KLM, Lufthansa and easyJet are the European airlines most likely to survive as surging fuel costs and slowing economies send more of them bankrupt, Irish broker "Davy Stockbrokers"... more
ReportEU Court partially erases EC decision against government loans to Olympiaki
Brussels, Belgium - Greek airline recourse has been granted
EU Court has partially erased decisions of European Commission about government loans to the Greek airline Olympiaki Aeroporia Ypiresies, requested in 2002. In 2002, indeed, Greek government had required... more