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ReportProtests in the USA for the mother expelled from a plane because she was breast-feeding
New York, USA - The fact has been contested by women groups in several airports
Several protests have been made in many US airports against the Delta Airlines' decision to expel from a plane a mother who was breast-feeding her baby. The fact happened a few weeks ago at Burlington... more
ReportThe BA employee loses crucifix lawsuit
London, United Kingdom - She had broken the airline's regulation
A British Airways check-in staffer at Heathrow airport lost a lawsuit against the airline, which had forbidden her to show a crucifix in her neck while working. 55-year-old Nadia Eweida, English woman... more
ReportRwanda's President under charge for an air crash
Paris, France - A French court ordered he will be brought before the Court for Rwanda's crimes
Nine arrest warrants and one order to the Rwanda's President, Paul Kigame, to be brought before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; this is the result of years of investigation about a plane... more
ReportUSA: six imams have been removed from plane
Washington, USA - The religious leaders suspected because of a note
The US Muslim groups are protesting because six imams (Muslim religious leaders) have been made get off a US Airways plane at Minneapolis international airport to be questioned by the Police. "They... more
ReportUS planes bombed Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq - At least three victims for the air raid
This night the US Air Force bombed the district of Sadr city, in Baghdad, killing -according to what reported by Iraqi sources- at least three people. The US Air Force justified the air raid with the... more
ReportGaza: air raids and rockets launch last night
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The Israeli Air Force killed 4 Palestinians
An Israeli air attack and the Palestinian reply. The last air raid to Gaza made by Israeli planes and helicopters has killed 2 people in Gaza city. Two other people instead have been killed by the Israeli... more
ReportBush in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia - The US President's Asian tour goes on
The "Anti-terrorism" Asian tour of President George W. Bush goes on after Singapore and Vietnam (see AVIONEWS for details). In Hanoi Bush talked to Chinese President, Hu Jintao, and Russian President,... more
ReportAPEC summit is over: no steps ahead
Hanoi, Vietnam - And Pyongyang menaces Seoul
The leaders of the major Pacific powers at the Hanoi's APEC (Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit are very worried for nuclear tests by North-Koreans and asked the fast resumption of talks among... more
ReportRumsfeld risks a process
Berlin, Germany - Because of human rights violation
US ex-Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, was denounced to the German Bench by a group of associations because he violated the human rights respect as for prisons in Guantanamo an Abu Ghraib. A 220-page... more
ReportMalpensa is the second destination chosen by people which request asylum
Milan, Italy - The Milan airport has registered an increase of 300% in the arrival of refugees
Contrary to what could be tough the second place in the ranking of the destinations of the political refugees is occupied by Malpensa. After Lampedusa, where every day hundred of illegal immigrants arrive,... more
ReportFrom Spain a humanitarian flight for Afghani refugees
Madrid, Spain - The Spanish soldiers are engaged into the assistance to the victims of the recent floods
The floods of the Murghab river of last three days in Afghanistan, and especially the province of Baghdis, have provoked at least 85 victims and thousand of refugees. The soldiers of the international... more
ReportGaza: the Israeli fighters stopped by the civilians
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Week-end of attacks, but yesterday the Israeli Air Force has been stopped
The Israel's air raids went on for all the week-end, and so the launch of Qassam rockets from Palestinian posts to Israel. Saturday three people have been injured in Sderot, a city in the southern Israel;... more
ReportFloods in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya - Military helicopters provide aids
The Kenyan Government sent humanitarian aids through helicopters, while the Army is engaged in the rebuilding of destroyed bridges: these are the well-timed measures to face emergency in Kenya's Provinces... more
Report7th Nobel Peace Prize Laureates World Summit
Rome, Italy - Three days on nuclear matter
The 7th Nobel Peace Prize Laureates World Summit, promoted by the Gorbachov Foundation, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Permanent Secretariat and the Rome Municipality, started this morning in Rome with... more
ReportA governmental plane is missing in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia - 12 people were on board the charter flight
A charter flight with 12 people is missing since hours in an Eastern region of Indonesia, Papua. The plane which belongs to the air company Trigana Air Service, lost the radar contacts with the airport... more
ReportPhilippines: crocodiles in the hand luggage
Manila, Philippines - A man managed to transport the three cubs probably destined to the smuggling
It is incredible what happened yesterday at Manila airport, in the Philippines. After the landing of a flight coming from Cambodia the security offices discovered in the hand luggage of a man coming back... more
ReportA man was ejected from plane because of his smell
Berlin, Germany - The man lost the lawsuit against British Airways
A German passenger who had been kicked off a British Airways plane departing from Hawaiian capital, Honolulu, because of his strong body odour, has lost the lawsuit against the British airline. The... more
ReportA gay couple sues BA for discrimination
London, United Kingdom - The fact happened in a flight Johannesburg-London
A gay couple in flight with British Airways accused flight staff they have done "Everything in their power" to prevent them sitting together in a flight from Johannesburg to London. Garrit Brown and... more
ReportBush's Asian tour
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The meeting with Premier Lee Hsien Loong
US President, George W. Bush, arrived in Singapore today for the first step of an one-week trip in the South-Eastern Asia which will take him to Vietnam and Indonesia. Before reaching its destination,... more
ReportUSA, a Nigerian man has been arrested at airport as had a laptop with nuclear information
Detroit, USA - The man is considered to be a risk for national security
A man has been arrested at Detroit airport, after the controls revealed he had USD 80.000 in cash and a laptop with secret information about nuclear material and cyanide. The laptop has been seized by... more
ReportGaza: Israeli air raid after the launch of Qassam rockets
Gaza, Gaza Strip - Yesterday an Israeli woman died hit by a Palestinian missile
The Israeli reaction came shortly after the launch of a Palestinian rocket toward the city of Sderot, in the southern Israel. The Israeli Minister of Defense, Amir Peretz, threatened the responsibles of... more
ReportThe wind prevents rescue helicopters to fly in Chile
Lugano, Switzerland - A Swiss mountain guide is blocked since a week in a crevasse
The weather conditions have worsened and blocked the rescue attempting of a Swiss mountain guide who last week fell into a crevasse of the glacier Campo de hielo norte, in Chile. Since then the helicopters... more
ReportUSA:expelled from the plane because she was breast-feeding her baby on board
Washington, USA - The fact happened last month but now the woman has sued the airline
American press sources report today a fact happened last month on a Delta Airlines plane. A woman from New Mexico has sued the carrier because she was forced to get off the plane due to take off from Burlington... more
ReportToo many kisses on board, a couple has been denounced in the USA
Washington, USA - Two fiancees in flight on a Delta plane risk up to 20 year jail
This time neither terrorist nor bomb alert, but a couple of hot fiancees has disturbed a flight in America, and now they risk up to 20 year jail, according to the Patriot Act against terrorism approved... more
ReportTerrorist alert on a flight to Oslo
Amsterdam, Holland - The Sterling Airlines plane has been forced to make an emergency landing
This morning a terrorist alert in a flight of Sterling Airlines in service between Holland and Oslo has been caused by an anonymous telephone call reached by the airline's call center in Amsterdam. A man... more
ReportRome's prefecture allows overflights for Tom Cruise's wedding
Rome, Italy - The permission a few days before the wedding
The Rome's Prefect, Achille Serra, has allowed the overflights to the small planes and helicopters in the Bracciano's sky during the days of Tom Cruise's wedding with Katie Holmes. The permission has... more
ReportChina: first nuclear power plant will be built on Yangtse river
Hefei, China - An investment evaluated USD 57,5 billion
China has planned to build a nuclear power plant on Yangtse river, the first of this kind, on the largest river of China, after that the project of National Committee for the Development and reform approved. An... more
ReportChina: projects of collaboration on aeronautics with Italy
Beijing, China - During the visit of the Italian Foreign Minister D'Alema
The stream of products from China towards Italy could be accompanied by Chinese investments in sector as logistic, airport systems and cooperation in the civil aviation. It is one of the auspices expressed... more
ReportSuspect murderer launched himself down the parking of Brussels airport
Brussels, Belgium - A 50 year old man is now in hospital in serious conditions
Yesterday at Brussels hospital a car which had been launched from a multi-storey has been only stopped by a tree which avoided to a 50 year old man, suspected of the wife's murder, to die. Shortly after... more
ReportFrom the USA a C-130 aircraft with humanitarian aids to Ethiopia
Washington, USA - The USAF light has carried supplies to the Eastern region
A plane of the US Air Force has landed yesterday in Ethiopia, with 48 tons of humanitarian helps to relieve the sufferance of the people hit by a flood in August. The USAF C-130 aircraft has landed at... more
ReportUSA: a man hit by a plane's propeller is safe
Washington, USA - The incident before the take off
A 50 year old man is recovering in hospital in the United States after having walked into the rotating propeller of a small tourism plane. His conditions are not serious. According to what reported... more
ReportOlmert flies to Washington to meet Bush
Washington, USA - The Israeli Prime Minister said he is contrary to the pull-out of the US troops from Iraq
The first head of Government to go officially visit Washington shortly after the mid-term vote has been the Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, who arrived yesterday by a State flight landed in the Air... more
ReportGaza: Israel does not stop, new air raid
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The Israeli planes killed a 16 year old boy in the northern Strip
Despite the end of the massive Israeli military operation in Gaza (see for details AVIONEWS), the air raids go on. A Palestinian 16 year old boy has been killed and other three people have been injured... more
ReportJet Airways: second breakdown in a week, passengers stranded
New Delhi, India - A plane of the private airline could not take off
At least 60 people were stranded this morning at Mumbai airport (India), because of a technical problem which stopped a Jet Airways flight before take off to Tajkot. It has been the second time in a week... more
ReportUSA: a 40 year old passenger who attacked the flight attendant has been arrested
Boston, USA - The man has reacted violently to a request
A passenger in an Airtran flight has been arrested in the United States after having attacked a flight attendant in a flight from Atlanta to Boston. Kevin Brown, 40, reacted after the woman had asked him... more
ReportLondon: they behave strangely; four Asian men disembarked before take off
London, United Kingdom - The fact has occurred in a easyJet flight at Luton airport
Four Asian men has been forced yesterday to get off an easyJet plane which was due to take off from London-Luton airport, after a passenger said the men's behaviour made him "Nervous". The men were arguing... more
ReportA passenger sues the Northwest for a million yen lost
Beijing, China - The man said an envelope with the money disappeared during the checks
A Chinese citizen sued Northwest Airlines for the disappearance of an envelope with one million yen and that the man had with him while boarding. The fact happened in May, during the boarding checks at... more
ReportAfghanistan: 20 Talibans have been killed by a NATO air raid
Kandahar, Afghanistan - The NATO planes have bombed the South of the Country
According to local sources a NATO air raid would have killed 22 Talibans in the Southern zone of Afghanistan. The local Police Forces, say also a woman has been killed. The residents of the Zari district,... more
ReportUSA: a passenger finds a note with threats on board
San Diego, USA - The FBI is investigating about a note found on a US Airways flight
Yesterday on a US Airways plane a note with terrorist threats has been found and currently the FBI is investigating about who has been the author. Flight 1500 had taken off from San Diego and was directed... more
ReportGaza: (2): Israel starts an enquiry about the Beit Hanoun’s slaughter
Jerusalem, Israel - This morning the Israeli Air Force killed 18 civilians in the northern Strip
This morning before beginning to retire, the Israeli Air Force ha bombed the village of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Strip, killing 18 civilians, among which seven children and four women, and provoking... more
ReportGaza: Israel retires after the last air raid
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The operation “Autumn clouds” is over
This morning is ended the Israeli military operation “Autumn clouds” which left behind a long blood wake and many polemics, and in a week killed 63 Palestinian civilians. Before the end of operations man... more
ReportSwastikas in the cargo hold of an Israeli plane departed from Milan
Tel Aviv, Israel - The swastikas in the plane have been probably made during the luggage boarding operation in Italy
Last night a plane of the Israeli airline El Al landed at Tel Aviv "Ben Gurion" airport from Milan, has been checked and the passengers have been held by the Police because some swastikas have been found... more
ReportIcebergs astray in New Zealand
Oakland, New Zealand - Sighted by a P-3 Orion
A New-Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion patrol airplane sighted about 100 icebergs which, moving across the major maritime routes around New Zealand, are a serious danger for navigation. Among these icebergs,... more
ReportProblems on flight for Tennessee Governor
Nashville, Tennessee - The plane with the politician has had a mechanical breakdown which forced it to do an emergency landing
Neither the American politicians are excluded to have fear on flight. The plane with the Tennessee's Governor, Phil Bredesen, on board yesterday night had some mechanical problems while flying to Jackson.... more
ReportIraq: an US helicopter crash
Baghdad, Iraq - From the beginning of November already 18 dead
A US helicopter crashed North of the Iraqi capital yesterday, killing two American soldiers on board of the "Lightning" Task Force, displaced in the 25th Brigade of the Combat Aviation. The military said... more
ReportIndia: the flight attendants are too fat to fly
New Delhi, India - The Indian Airlines stop 11 women because they weigh over 63 kilograms
They are too fat to fly and so 11 flight attendants of the Indian Airlines have been suspended from work. The news has been reported by the British "Observer" which also added next week the New Delhi High... more
ReportA two year old child cannot board because is wanted
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The misunderstanding happened on an Emirates flight
A two year old child was wanted as a terrorist and ban from flights. A few days ago in a flight of Emirates departing from an airport of the United Arab Emirates and directed to Turkey. At the moment of... more
ReportKenya: plane with Somali people blocked at the airport
Nairobi, Kenya - The Kenya's authorities had been warned about the possible presence of terrorists on board
Yesterday a plane with 13 Somali on board has been blocked by the Kenyan authorities, after the request of the United States which launched an alert for the possibility of terrorist attacks in Kenya and... more
ReportGaza: an Israeli air raid kills a school boy
Gaza, Gaza Strip - The Israel's attack goes on, Sneh "We won't stop"
It is going on the killing of Palestinian civilians at Gaza. Yesterday a rocket launched by a plane of the Israeli Air Force exploded near a bus at Beit Lahiya and hit a group of young boys going to school.... more
ReportVictim's family suits the Comair co-pilot
Washington, USA - James Polehinke is the lone survivor to the air crash that killed 49 people
The family of a victim of the air crash of the Comair flight 5191 in Kentucky, when 49 people died, has decided to file a lawsuit against the airline and the co-pilot of the plane, the only one to survive... more