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Tajani on Yemenia accident: "A world blacklist is needed"

Brussels, Belgium - The commissioner also intervenes on Italian rail accident

The president of the EU transport committee, Antonio Tajani, expressed his proposal for a worldwide airlines' blacklist, on the model of the one already in use in the European Union. The announcement comes following the tragic disaster that occurred yesterday to a Yemenia Airbus A-310/300 aircraft with 153 on board (see AVIONEWS). "It is not a system against someone -Tajani explained- but to guarantee...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1106557
Rome, Italy, 07/01/2009 13:52
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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