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SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: two Australian planes landed at Sumatra with humanitarian aids
Rome, Italy - They carried medicines, blankets and water purification equipment
Two Australian military airplanes carrying humanitarian aids landed in Medan, Sumatra Island (see for details AVIONEWS). There are on board medical teams specialized in preventive healthcare equipped to... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia: tsunami involved a nuclear plant in India
New Dheli, India - However, Indian Government denied a risk for a nuclear catastrophe exists and underlined that the reactor did not suffer for damages
The tsunami which hit the Indian territory would have damaged also a nuclear facility in Kalpakkam, in Tamil Nadu state. A task force of experts would have already arrived in the site in order to perform... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Sri Lanka rejected Israeli aid
Rome, Italy - Two countries have no diplomatic relations
Israeli Government could be sent to Thailand and India the medical equipment and the delegation in departure for Sri Lanka (see for details AVIONEWS): local government would have rejected Jerusalem aid... more
IndustryEADS and Embraer gain a 65% stake in Portuguese OGMA
Lisbon, Portugal - The denationalization process of the Portuguese aerosapce company started
OGMA, a Portuguese aerospace company, is being acquired for a 65% stake by a consortium based on European group EADS and Brazilian Embraer. Such a consortium, named Airholding, starts so its denationalization... more
PeopleTerritorial continuity (2): Meridiana and Air One to grant soft fares connections in indipendent way
Rome, Italy - The assertions of Sardinia Region President
Meridiana and Air One signed a deal to grant from January 1st, 2005, the territorial continuity with the traditional routes and they reported thier intention to extend it to other routes scheduled under... more
PeopleTerritorial continuity: soft fares to go on
Rome, Italy - Meanwhile also Air One participates in the tender
Meeting with Sardinia Region President, Renato Soru, councillor Sandro Broccia, airlines management, representatives of Transport Ministry and ENAC -Italian Civil Aviation Authority- gave the green light... more
HelicoptersChina produced its first combat helicopter
Beijing, China - It deals with the Zhi-11, a Chinese-made armed version of the well known Ecureuil
Chinese aerospace company Changhe announced recently that the armed version of the Zhi-11 civil helicopter performed its maiden flight successfully. It deals, actually, with a Chinese variant of the well... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: AMI C-130 taken off with 50 coffins for Thailand
Rome, Italy - At meantime the first flight from Phuket arrived in Rome
The C-130J of 46th Brigata aerea of Italian Air Force left from the Pisa Military Airport "Dall'Oro": the aircraft is bound for Thailand and it will land in Phuket tomorrow after the stopover at Pratica... more
MiscellaneousWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Lauda Air SpA's flights landed early this morning
Milan, Italy - The carrier offered its service to the Italian Civil Protection
The Lauda Air SpA's flight announced by the carrier itself which had on board 239 Italian passengers coming from Maldive landed this morning at 3.30. A previous flight of the same carrier had already landed... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: more than 60,000 victims
Phuket, Thailand - Indonesia and Sri Lanka prove to be the most devastated countries while the foreign tourists deceased in the Thai land would be at least 700
Estimations related to the victims caused by the seaquake in Asia appear more and more dramatic. The most involved countries still are Indonesia and Sri Lanka where the respective governments think they... more
Press releaseEnac: meeting about the territorial continuity with the Ministry and the carriers involved
Rome, Italy - Its aim was a valuation of an urgent action
"It has held yesterday in the afternoon, at the Enac’s headquarter, the meeting convened by the Ministry of Transport with the management of the airlines involved. Its aim was to evaluate an urgent measure t... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. The government support (3): Russia, Pakistan and Israel
Rome, Italy - 150 units from Israeli Defence Forces to Sri Lanka
Russia has already provided for two cargo planes with aboard tents and first aid equipment with Civil Defence specialized staff. Pakistan Government expressed its sorrow to what occurred in South India... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. The government support: USA and Europe
Rome, Italy - Air-bridges and funds to cover the first emergencies
All the countries through the world are preparing for what could be the biggest support operation in history in favour of people devastated by tsunami in South-Eastern Asia. USA President, George W. Bush,... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. The government support (2): Australia, China and South Korea
Rome, Italy - Aid to facilitate rescues and evacuations
Australia announced it will do all it can to assist the devastated areas: some Hercules aircraft were taken off with on board staff specialized in sanitary emergencies and hygiene and carrying water purification... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: an Indian Air Force Base swept away in Nicobar
New Dheli, India - Indian Minister of Defence would haver confirmed there are 27 victims among the soldiers and about one hundred missing people
One of the area mostly involved by the tsunami in India is Nicobar. New Dheli's Ministry of Defence unveiled that 27 members from Indian Air Force would have died due to the violent tidal wave arriving... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: hundreds victims in Somalia
Mombasa, Kenya - Damages to infrastructures and ships along the Kenyan coast
The waterquake which involved Southern Asia produced dramatic effects also on the Eastern coast of Africa and Kenya and Somalia analyse the situation. In the first case, Navy was alerted, also considering... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: 100 fishermen from Taiwan are still missing offshore from Phuket
Taipei, Taiwan - Even New Zealand was reached by the anomalous wave though an extremely weak one and so unable to produce damages
Despite Formosa island did not suffer directly for the effects produced by the anomalous wave following the strong earthquake located in the Indonesian area, Taipei's authorities reminded how about 100... more
IndustryEmbraer in negotiations with Republic Airlines for 16 additional EMB-170s
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The carrier has received 11 aircraft of this model to date
Embraer confirmed last week it is in advanced contractual discussions with Republic Airlines for the acquisition of 16 new EMBRAER 170s, which considers the substitution of an existing order for 8 ERJ-145s... more
Science and technologyWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Neos Flight 711 landed at Malpensa's Airport
Milan, Italy - The plane, a Boeing B-767, carried 240 person and was coming from Maldive
Neos flight number 711 arrived yesterday at 10:45pm at Malpensa's Airport. The carrier operated the flight in favour of the Civil Protection which is working in order to permit Italians, who were involved... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: airlift Bangkok-Phuket by the Thai Hercules
Bangkok, Thailand - Meanwhile, Israel announced there are still some 100 missing Israeli-natives most of all in such Thai island
Thai Government is coming to grips with the disastrous effects generated by the seaquake in Phuket island. Just here the major efforts by the search units and the Thai armed forces themselves are focusing.... more
MiscellaneousWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the Italian victims are until now fourteen
Rome, Italy - The total number of died because of the catastrophe seems to be currently about 45.000
It grew up to fourteen the number of Italians died because of the terrible natural disaster verified in the South-East Asia in the last days. The total number of the victims seems to be about 45.000. Meanwhile... more
MiscellaneousWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the first tourists coming from Sri Lanka arrived in Italy
Rome, Italy - Among them 57 are Italians
The first 114 tourists (among whom 57 Italians) coming from Sri Lanka arrived yesterday, late in the afternoon, at Fiumicino's Airport. Sri Lanka is one of the area mainly hit by the catastrophe verified... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: India resorted to Air Force
New Dheli, India - Fix and rotor-winged aircraft are being deployed for transport activities addressed to injured people, lifeless bodies and necessities
Indian Air Force is making efforts to ensure all the necessary assistance for the population in the coastal areas, hit by the tremendous waterquake occurred in the Indian Ocean two days ago and that would... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Indian Navy and Coast Guard searching for the missing people in the sea
New Dheli, India - Experts in the capital informed that the Indian Ocean will not normalize before four or five days
Indian authorities called a warning signal by informing how one cannot be sure that no additional phenomena similar to the seaquake happened two days ago can occur again. Actually, even the search activities... more
IndustryBell Boeing Joint Program Office awarded of a over 37 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the V-22 aircraft
Bell Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $37,211,097 ceiling-priced order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N68335-04-G-0004) to design, develop, manufacture,... more
IndustryMRC Bearings awarded of a near 10 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For spare parts for the Chinook helicopter
MRC Bearings, Jamestown, N.Y., was awarded on Dec. 23, 2004, a delivery order amount of $685,142 as part of a $9,713,878 firm fixed price contract for spare parts for the Chinook Helicopter. Work will... more
IndustryBell Helicopter Textron Inc. awarded of a over 12 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For seven TH-67A+ Training Helicopters
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded on Dec. 22, 2004, a delivery order amount of $12,438,727 as part of a $68,438,727 firm fixed price contract for seven TH-67A+ Training Helicopters.... more
IndustryThe Boeing Co. awarded of a near 19 USDm contract
Washington, Usa - For the CH-47D helicopter
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Dec. 22, 2004, an $18,777,000 firm fixed price contract for spare parts for the CH-47D Helicopter. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa., and is... more
AerospaceRegular until now Huygens' space travel to Titan
Rome, Usa - The European space probe detached successfully by the sonde-mother Cassini last night
It seems it is carrying on normally the space travel of the European sonde Huygens which next January 14 should start penetrating Titan's atmosphere, the most mysterious and the greatest of Saturn's Moons.... more
Latest newsMember of the 6° Roa of the Italian Air Force at Nassiriya visited Al Ajials Nursery orphanage
Nassiriya, Iraq - To furnish the child, whose age is between four months and six years, both toys and medicinal
Some members of the Italian Air Force at Nassiriya mixed with Carabinieri and Cri (Italian Red Cross) personnel were in visit during Christmas day, to the Al Ajials Nursery orphanage in order to conduct... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Neos flight to delay
Rome, Italy - To have stopover at Mombasa and Zanzibar
The Neos flight coming from Maldive with 267 Italians on board has been postponed till 2:12am: one cannot exclude that additional changes can produce a new time line. The Boeing 767 will take off bound... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: newness on African casualties
Rome, Italy - One hundred fishers killed in Somalia
One hundred persons killed only along the coast of Somalia: they were all fishers reported missing from Somalia's authorities. Other seven bodies have been find North to Mogadiscio, as in the Puntland... more
SecurityWaterquake in South East Asia. Ten hours in the sea hung on to a corpse: saved by a helicopter
Phuket, Thailandia - In a such tragedy, misadventure with a happy ending for a Canadian young boy
Sean Lewis, Canadian young boy of 29 years old, employee of an oil company, while he was walking on the beach of Patong, at Phuket, in Thailandia, he was ran over of the "tsunami". Despite of he was carried... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: AVIONEWS interviewed Air One and Alpi Eagles on the possible airlift for the Italian tourists
Rome, Italy - Air One could provide Italian Civil Defence with an aircraft by resorting to technical a stop over while Alpi Eagles excluded such a hypothesis
AVIONEWS interviewed Air One and Alpi Eagles on the possible airlift for the Italian tourists currently staying in the Asian countries involved by the seaquake occurred yesterday. As far as it is concerned... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: meeting at Palazzo Chigi to summarize the situation
Rome, Italy - All countries to gather to supply humanitarian aids
A meeting with Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gianfranco Fini and Civil Defense Chief, Guido Bertolaso, is in progress at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, in order to summarize... more
AerospaceIss: completed mission for Progress M-51
Washington, Usa - The cargo carrier joined to Iss in order to carry provisions to the astronaut on board of the station
It was completed successfully the launch of the space cargo that after two day travel conducted food supplies, and not only, to the spacemen Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov. The automatic Russian space... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: seven Italians rescued by helicopter
Rome, Italy - 750 Italian citizens in all could be at home today
Despite of the Airport of Male, Maldive Capital, is now operating, the situation is complicated: pilots have in fact forced to land by sight because ground assistance is no supplied. At meantime, along... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. Newness on the figures of the disaster (3): Myanmar, Somalia and Bangladesh
Rangoon, Myanmar - There where involved most of all some fishermen being in the sea just when the anomalous wave arrived
Moderate but unexpected effects were produced by the anomalous wave also in Myanmar, Bangladesh and in some countries in the Eastern coast of Africa such as Somalia and Kenya. Rangoon's Government proves... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Italians in region affected could be 6000
Rome, Italy - Berlusconi: "We fear that Italian victim number increases"
"We are trying to manage in the better way as possible the situation in Maldive, Sri Lanka and in Phuket too, where an Alitalia B-767 and two AMI B-707 are going to arrive", Italian Civil Defense Department... more
Press releaseEnac: granted the temporary licence to Air Europe until May 6, 2005
Rome, Italy - The suspension of Volare Airlines has extended until May 24, 2005
"Enac (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority) communicates that in the hodiernal date, in conclusion of the technical-administrative preliminary inquiry from its own appropriate offices, and obtained... more
Science and technologyAbout 300 kilos of drug have been sequestered at Fiumicino's air station in 2004
Rome, Italy - Including some pharmaceutical dosages destined to sport doping
This is the account furnished by the airport authorities in the order of drug international traffic at Fiumicino's Airport: about 300 kilos of drug, of which more than an half cocaine, have been sequestered... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia. Newness on the figures of the disaster (2): Thailand, Malaysia and the Maldive
Bangkok, Thailand - Many victims among tourists in some among the major dedicated sites
Also Southern and coastal Thailand appears forced to its own knees due to the earthquake event occurred yesterday where Phuket island proves to be the territorial area mainly involved. The casualties found... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. Newness on the figures of the disaster: Sri Lanka, Indonesia e India
Colombo, Sri Lanka - The number of the found victims rose up to more than 24,000 in the various countries involved by the tragedy
The latest newness related to the number of victims in the various Asian countries involved by the earthquake event indicate more than 24,000 casualties. Sri Lanka goes on proving the most involved state... more
PeopleTerritorial continuity: meeting with ENAC, Transport Minister and airlines to occur today
Rome, Italy - On the low fares for flights from and to Sardinia
ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) will meet in the afternoon the Transport Minister, Pietro Lunardi and management of airlines which are interesting in acquire the route for territorial continuity... more
Science and technologyBad weather conditions constrain authorities to close some "Leonardo da Vinci" runaway
Rome, Italy - Discomforts can be translated in terms of delays above all about international flights
A 50-kilometre hour wind constrained the appropriate authorities to close two runaway of the Fiumicino's Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" because of security reasons. According to some airport sources discomforts... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: a "Medecins Sans Frontieres" cargo plane is ready to leave
Rome, Italy - MSF offered its support to the Indonesian authorities to assist the population in the Northern part of Sumatra
"Medecins Sans Frontieres" is preparing some interventions in the areas affected by the seaquake in Souht-East Asia yesterday in the morning: MSF's operators "Have been mobilised to evaluate the needs... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: one third of the victims are children
Copenaghen, Denmark - It was unveiled by the first survey carried out by UNICEF in the countries involved by the tragedy and an airlift with humanitarian aids will be set soon
UNICEF put into evidence the first results related to the survey about the current situation in the various Asian countries involved by the seaquake occurred yesterday. According to the UN's specialized... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: two planes provided by Italian Government arrived at Maldive and Sri Lanka
Rome, Italy - There was on board a Civil Defense team equipped for the medical emergency
The airplane of Italian Civil Defence Department left yesterday from the Rome-Fiumicino Airport (see for details AVIONEWS) landed in the morning at air station of Colombo (Sri Lanka): there was a goodly... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: it is hard to reach airports in the devastated areas
Rome, Italy - Civil Defense warns to not going there neither today nor in the next days
"Reaching airports is very difficult due to the disastrous conditions in the devastated areas and because of the transport means missing. The Sri Lanka and Thailandia authorities not appears able to face... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: eight out of eleven Italian victims have been identified
Rome, Italy - All persons staying in Thailand and Sri Lanka when the tragedy happened
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs unveiled the names of eight out of eleven Italian victims caused by the tsunami which followed the earthquake involving several countries in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday.... more