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AerospaceATLANTIS DEPARTS SPACE STATION, RETURN TO EARTH EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY
HOUSTON, After the fulfillment of the scheduled missions by the astronauts, Atlantis departed space station to return to earth early wednesday at Cape Canaveral. The stormy weather condition in Florida... more
AccidentsAIRCRAFT CRASHES IN GERMANY, FOUR KILLED
LEIMEN, Four people, two men and two women, were killed after their aircraft crashed in a wood near Leimen, in the german land of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The small plane took off from Nurberg, in Bavaria,... more
AccidentsSRI LANKA: HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS 15 PEOPLE
SRI LANKA, An helicopter crashed on saturday morning in the east of Sri Lanka, 40 miles east of Colombo. The Ports Minister MHMH Mohammed Ashraff was among the 15 victims. Police ruled out the possibility... more
DefenseNEW TENSIONS IN THE GULF: IRAQI FIGHTERS THREATENING NO-FLY-ZONES
BAGHDAD, New tensions are raising in the Gulf after Saddam Hussein threatened Kuwait for stealing oil in some areas of south Iraq. Provoking missions against Nato have been accomplished by iraqi Air Force... more
DefenseRUSSIAN PLANE BREAKS EMBARGO LANDING IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD, Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing oil. This fact rised tensions in the Gulf again. Kuwait was forced to ask for western countries' help to prevent new invasions. This position is supported by U.S.... more
AccidentsUKRAINE: VICE-MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR CRASHES DURING AN AIR SHOW
MOSCOW, General Leonid Borodic, ukranian vice-minister off the Interior, crashed during an air show in Kiev. Hundreds of people saw Borodic, an experienced pilot, crashing down during an aerobatic evolution... more
AirlinesMAIDEN FLIGHT FOR NEW FRIGHTER ROUTE CHICAGO SHANGAI
SHANGAI, China Southern Airlines inaugurated the new flight between the airport of Chicago and Pudong international airport of Shangai, China. The freighters will continue to Shenzhen's business hub. The... more
IndustryCONTINENTAL AIRLINES CHANGES ORDER
SEATTLE, Continental Airline announced the replacement of an order for two Boeing 767-400ER, scheduled for 2004, with two 777-200ER, delivered in 2002. The industry announced the two aircrafts will be... more
DefenseATHENS DENOUNCING AIR SPACE VIOLATION
ATHENS, Eight unarmed turkish F-16 aircraft flew over the greek air space. They were intercepted by greek fighters. Greece and Turkey are in conflict about Aegean Sea continental shelf and air space... more
Science and technologyTWO GRENADES DISCOVERED AT SYDNEY AIRPORT
SYDNEY, Two grenades, belonging to the second world war, were discovered at Sydney airport. The office in which they were found out was evacuated and the bomb-disposal experts detected the bombs were... more
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DefenseSPACE MILITARIZATION: CHINA OPPOSES CLINTON'S SPACE UMBRELLA
GENEVA, Space militarization? China puts out its claws again space umbrella, asking for international talks to clear limits and principles of the project. Hu Xiaodi, Peking ambassador, critized U.S. project... more
Civil aviationMOBILE PHONES ABOARD: RECOVERY PROJECT IS STARTING UP
MILAN, The debate over the use of mobile phones on board is much dicussed. Sientific research is under the spotlights in the dispute because it should have to make clear rather mobile phone's electric... more
PeopleETEB STUDIES ON 737 RUDDERS REVEALS OTHER TROUBLES
USA, The Engineering Test and Evaluation Board (ETEB) that has extensively worked on two 737 aircraft accident cases, in which 157 people died , has found that the rudder hydraulic powered control system... more
IndustryU.S. AEROSPACE ORDERS ARE TAKING OFF
USA, The U.S. aerospace industry booked firm orders of $32.4 billion in June, blowing past the previous high water mark of $20.7 billion in November 1997. In this way June’s record order levels boosted o... more
AirlinesJAL POISED FOR RECOVERY
JAPAN, Moody’s Investors Service today revised its debt-rating outlook on Japan Airlines Co. to stable from negative, but confirmed a speculative-grade Baa3 rating on the airline’s senior debt. This fav... more
DefenseARROW ANTI-MISSILE MISSILE EXPERIMENTED IN ISRAELY SKY
JERUSALEM, The first simulated launch of israeli Arrow anti-missile missile, a project mostly financed by U.S. and operative in 2001, was succesfull. The defense system detected and launched Arrow towards... more
Finance and economyDEUTSCHE POST AIMING AT INCREASING DHL SHARES: NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN AIRLINES
BERLIN, Deutsche Post is aiming at increasing its Dhl block of shares. Dhl is the first worldwide forwarding agency. Deutsche Post, togehter with Lufthansa, already owns 25% of the agency. Its strategy... more
PeopleALPA CONSIDERS ATA IS DELAYING MOVING FORWARD ON FAA REGULATIONS
USA, ALPA, the Air Line Pilots Association which represents 58.000 pilots, said it considers ATA's initiative a tactic to delay moving forward on FAA regulations governing fatigue and flight time limits.... more
AirlinesALITALIA CONFIRMED KLM LODGED EURO 100.000 CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
ROME, Alitalia's first half of the year report confirmed that, after the break with Klm, the dutch airline lodged to Nai, the dutch institute for arbitration, a Euro 100.00 claim for damages to be refunded... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT'S BANK ACCOUNTS: SWISS JUDGES IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW, Swiss judges went on mission to Moscow to ask russian authorities to help them with their inquiries about the big scandals involving important members of russian government. Talks were based on... more
AccidentsQATAR AIRWAYS HIJACKER FEARED TO BE EXTRADITED TO IRAQ
DUBAI, The hijacker of Qatar Airways Airbus A-300 flying to Amman and carrying 144 people, 133 passengers + 11 crew members, was in trouble with iraqi justice. The plane had to land at jordan capital city... more
DefenseKURSK SINKING AND SPACE SHIELD: SECRET AGREEMENT BETWEEN CLINTON AND PUTIN?
MOSCOW, A real secret agreement between Clinton and Putin to hide the truth about Kursk disaster in exchange with the delay of pace shield project: A U.S submarine spying russian military manoeuvres in... more
Science and technologyOLYMPIC GAMES: AIR TRAFFIC RECORD AT SYDNEY'S AIRPORT
SYDNEY, The whole australian transport network bacame frantic for the beginning of Olympic Games. Sydney's airport starts to make an air traffic record. In the next days about 17.000 planes will lland... more
AirlinesAEROFLOT FLIGHTS TO IRAQ: UPDATING
MOSCOW, It seems, contrary to what announced by iraqui and russian newspapers, that the negotiations to resume flights between Moscow and Baghdad are at a standstill. The spokeswoman of the national russian... more
SecurityAUSTRALIAN PEOPLE IS LEAVING SYDNEY
SYDNEY, It seems that the Olympic Games, carryng sport teams, managers and spectators to Sydney for the most important sport event of the year 2000, scared Sydney's residents. In just one day 13.700 citizens... more
AerospaceGALILEO'S "EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE" WILL BE DEMONSTRATE IN ORBIT BY MICROSCOPE PROJECT
ROME, The equivalence principle, asserting that in a gravitational field all bodies accellerate at the same speed apart from the mass, will be demonstrated in orbit. After a few centuries, the famous Glileo... more
Science and technology"THERE WAS A PLAN TO CONQUER WEST BERLIN" BOMBING TEGEL AIRPORT
BERLIN, Otto Wenzel, revealed that during the dark years of the Cold War german authorities intended to attack and invade West Berlin, controlled by the winner countries, Usa, France, Great Britain. The... more
Airlines52.000 PASSENGERS IN EIGHT MONTHS FOR ANCONA-LONDON FLIGHTS
ANCONA, Aerdorica, the company handling Ancona-Falconara "Raffaello Sanzio" airport, said 52.000 passengers went to London in the first eight months of this year leaving from that airport. The irish... more
AccidentsHIJACKED QATARY AIRWAYS PLANE, HIJACKER SURRENDERS
RIAD, The hijacker surrendered when the aircraft landed at Hael, 400 km north of Riad. Al Jaazera, Qatar tv channel, reported the hijacker was an iraqui citizen who surrendered to authorities. The aircraft... more