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DefenseUS fighters will patroll Prague's airspace during the summit days
Prague, Czech Republic - A favourable vote is expected for today
"The protection of the foreign airspace is an absolutely unprecedented matter which is connected with an enormous risk and immense responsability". This is the declaration of the Defense Minister of Czech... more
AccidentsCrash incident in Indonesia (2): six died, three injured
Jakarta, Indonesia - A mechanical problem the cause
It was a BN-2A the aircraft that, last night, crashed two km far from the airport of Juwita Tarakan. The deaths would not be 7, as reported by AVIONEWS in the morning edition, but 6. Three are the... more
AirlinesAir France remains under French control
Paris, France - "Strangers will not have carrier's control"
French Transportation Minister, Gilles de Robien, has announced that Air France, also after the second round of privatization will remain under French control. In fact, according to official sources, it's... more
HelicoptersAgusta-Westland will built up the A-109 in China
Shanghai, China - The agreement has been signed with Change Aircraft Industries
The assemblage of the helicopter A-109, that it is largely used in the civil and military field, will take place straightly in China. This is what turns out from the agreement signed by Agusta-Westland... more
AccidentsTwo Mig-29 of Slovak Air Force crashed (2): the second pilot has died
Bratislava, Slovakia - This morning the discover
It was found died the second pilot been involved in the incident in which 2 MIG-29 crashed in Slovakia yesterday. The finding goes back to this morning, nearby the village of Spisske Tomasvce. The... more
PeopleIata to cut job units
Geneva, Switzerland - Dismissals are ready for more than sixty employees
Iata is ready to dismiss more than sixty employees in several airports: among them the most important are Geneva, London, Miami and Montréal. It will pay to each employee one month of income for each... more
AirlinesRosen by 19,4% the passengers for Air France in October
Paris, France - All figures are positive for the French carrier
Air France registers an augmentation of 19,4% in the passengers' number only in the month of October. The increment is above all due to the renewal of the request of the flights to North America grown... more
Science and technologyBlocked the plan of transferring the most crowded flights from Eilat to Aqaba
Aqaba, Jordan - The decision has been taken by the Civil Aviation Administration
The Jordan Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) has blocked the plan of transferring to Aqaba the flights previewed at Eilat airport. As a first consequence of this decision the Israeli delegation, headed... more
DefenseBaghdad seems to open to UN inspectors
Baghdad, Iraq - The new was published this morning on a official government newspaper
New turn of events about the Iraqi crisis. Indeed Saddam, according the newspaper "al-Jumhiriya", would concede every inspection that is in compliance with the international right and to the national Iraq's... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Agusta SpA model A109E helicopters
Washington, USA - To prevent failure of the tail rotor blade and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-SW-42-AD; Amendment 39-12936; AD 2002-17-51] RIN... more
AccidentsTwo Mig-29 of Slovak Air Force crashed
Bratislava, Slovakia - An inquiry to find the causes
They are still few and confused the news about the incident that, yesterday, has been involved two MIG-29 fighters of the Slovak Air Force. The incident would have taken place in one deserted zone, east... more
AccidentsStill unknown the causes of the Fokker-50's accident
Luxembourg - The final balance is 20 deaths and 2 survivors
The pilot and a French passenger are the only survivors of the incident that, yesterday morning, has seen a Fokker-50 of the Luxair to crash nearby the Findel airport. 15 of the victims were German, 4... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737 series airplanes
Washington, USA - To prevent an uncommanded rudder hardover event and consequent loss of control of the airplane due to inherent failure modes, including single-jam modes, and certain latent failures or jams combined with a second failure or jam
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2001-NM-251-AD; Amendment 39-12940; AD 2002-20-07 R1] RIN... more
DefenseAllies bomb Iraqi military sites
Washington, Usa - Iraqi antiaircraft positions were located in a forbidden region
Anglo-American fighters have bombed, yesterday, Iraqi antiaircraft emplacements. The attack has become necessary, according to Pentagon, because the artillery was found in a forbidden region and in answer... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited model 407 helicopters
Washington, USA - To prevent the horizontal stabilizer slat (slat) from separating, contacting a rotor blade, and resulting in subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-SW-38-AD; Amendment 39-12935; AD 2002-22-10] RIN... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter France model AS332C, L, and L1 helicopters
Washington, USA - To prevent restricted airflow into the engine inlet during flight in icing conditions resulting in loss of engine power and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter
Airworthiness Directives Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2002-SW-36-AD; Amendment 39-12934; AD 2002-22-09] RIN... more
DefenseSaddam's Scuds still frighten the world
Washington, Usa - It's trying to locate them before a war
No conflict has begun yet but there is who is preoccupied, as Pentagon, to plan in every minimum detail the attack to Iraq. Therefore Scud missiles return in issue, that a lot of (sad) reputation had caught... more
IndustryRockwell Collins and Raytheon Systems awarded of a over 5 USDm contract
USA
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $5,026,814 firm-fixed-price contract and Raytheon Systems Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $5,024,500 firm-fixed-price contract to provide... more
AccidentsAt least seven people were killed in a plane crash in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia - The aircraft threw down just after taking off
At least seven persons died and other three were wounded because of the crash of a small airplane. The incident has happened this night in the east of Indonesia, nearby the Tarakan city. The aircraft... more
DefenseMissile Yemen: Cia acts always more unbound from White House
Washington, Usa - Bush has given total independence to the America intelligence
AVIONEWS had dealt, in the past days, with the attack hurled against one of the leaders of Al Qaeda: a drone Predator had launched a missile "Hellfire" killing Qaed Salim Sinan Al Harethi, called Abu Ali,... more
AccidentsA plane crashed near Luxembourg airport (4): 18 the victims
Luxembourg .- They were mostly German citizens
Some news are coming in this moment from the site of the incident that, this morning, has been involved a Fokker-50 of the Luxair. The assessed victims, the greater part is German, would be 18, two passengers... more
Science and technologyInspections in the airport and in the barracks in Banja Luka
Sarajevo, Bosnia - Inspections inthe Serbian enclave
The military airport and the barracks in Banja Luka have been often controlled by the SFOR (NATO's Stabilization Force); the news has been given by Bosnian television. As well as the two Bosnian army... more
AirlinesVirgin Air can face a new Gulf war
Sydney, Australia - The ownership is certain of this
The owners of Virgin Air (Richard Branson's Virgin Group by 51% and Singapore Airlines by 49%) are certain their air company is strong enough to bear the new crisis in the Gulf and also a possible war. "We... more
Science and technologyArrested 5 Italian citizens in Budapest
Vienna, Austria - The charge is international commerce of drugs
Fifty kilograms of pure cocaine, for a value of EUR 12,5m, have been found at Vienna airport. Drug has been closed in 17 hydraulic cylinders, coming from Colombia, hidden in boxes and documents that showed... more
AccidentsA Turkish military helicopter crashed into Sapanca lake
Ankara, Turkey - Two soldiers are still missing
They continue without pause, after 48 hours from the incident, the researches of two members of the crew of a military helicopter crashed in Sapanca lake, Turkey. Miraculously survived the others two soldiers... more
Science and technologyTel Aviv airport: kamikaze has been arrested
Tel Aviv, Israel - He was able to make a massacre
Sources of the Israeli security have let to know that "it has be blocked a great suicide attack". The declaration comes in the end of a long hunting lasted all the night, and culminated with the arrest... more
DefenseUS will present this afternoon the last resolution for Iraq's crisis
New York, USA - A vote within 48 hours
The United States are not more disposed to wait for solutions that can come from diplomatic alchemies: the Iraq's crisis must be faced with decision. For this reason in few hours the American representative... more
AirlinesVirgin Blue: the deal with Sydney Airport is set
Sydney, Australia - The two contenders were involved in a legal action
The announcement, circulated this morning from the two parts, is also the end of the legal battle between Richard Branson, Virgin's Blue president, and the society that manages the airports of Sydney (Southern... more
HelicoptersUS Army sells more than 700 helicopters (2): the technical helicopter sheets
Washington, Usa - The main features of Cobra and Huey
We introduce, here below, the technical sheets of the two types of helicopters that the American Army has put on sale. Bell UH 1 D Huey, that was born in 1961, was the helicopter standard in many countries.... more
AccidentsA plane crashed near Luxembourg airport (3): the technical sheet of the plane
Luxembourg .- A Fokker-50
Here below the essential features of the aircraft been involved in the incident of this morning near Luxembourg. Length: 25.20 m Height: 8.30 m Wingspan: 29.00 m Wing surface: 70.00 m2 Weight empty:... more
AccidentsAirplane crashes in Luxembourg (2): embedded in the scraps one of the pilots
Luxembourg - Frenetic the attempts to free him
According to first, fragmentary news that are coming about the incident, involved a Fokker 50 of the Luxair, it would seem that one of the pilots is embedded still in the scraps of the cockpit, but he... more
Latest newsMany gaps in the trial against the 14 tourists convicted of spionage
Athens, Greece - There are not concrete proofs
An event that has made to fly into a rage infuriate the English and Dutch governments that one of the arrest of 14 tourists the last April and whose process is begun yesterday in Greece. As already... more
HelicoptersUS Air Force sells more than 700 helicopters
Huntsville, USA - They are the legendary Cobra and Huey
They were all present at Huntsville in order to get a Cobra or an other mythical aircraft of the American Air Force, on the last Monday. But there were not only passionates, but the representatives of... more
Press releaseEads Casa selected in Brazil
Madrid, Spain - For modernisation and replacement of aircraft
"Eads Casa has been selected by the National Defence Council of Brazil in two important tenders. Firstly the company will modernise nine (9) P-3 Orion aircraft that the Brazilian Air Force purchased from... more
AccidentsAn aircraft crashed near Luxembourg airport
Luxembourg - At least 17 died, 5 are the injured
It's just happened few hours ago the crash of a Fokker 50, at 3 km from the international airport of Luxembourg, that transported 19 passengers and three members of the crew. The airplane, that was coming... more
AirlinesThird quarter very positive for Lufthansa
Frankfurt, Germany - Bigger than expected the operating profit
If the figures circulated by Lufthansa are taken in consideration, the German air company turns out to be the best one, in Europe, in terms of profit. Therefore, after the optimal performances of Ryanair... more
DefenseExperiments to create the space shield are carried on
Washington, USA - Positively conducted the anti-missile test with a laser
At this point it is coming true the "space shield" that was strongly wanted by Bush's administration. Indeed it has been concluded positively yesterday, in the polygon of shooting at White Sands in New... more
IndustryCharles Stark Draper Laboratory awarded of a over 90 USDm contract
USA
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (CSDL), Cambridge, Mass. is being awarded a $90,288,638 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for tactical engineering support (TES) of U.S. and U.K. MK-6 Guidance System and... more
IndustryLockheed Martin awarded of a 200 USDm contract
USA
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Company, Marietta, Ga., is being awarded a $200,000,000 firm-fixed price contract modification for the for the F/A-22 aircraft Low Rate Initial... more
HelicoptersEuropean Helicopter Association honoured Poilane
Paris, France - He had great merits in promoting the helicopter
A week has passed since his tragic death, in which his wife lost her life too, but Lionel Poilane still makes to speak about. For all passionates of helicopters he was a meaningful figure, who constantly... more
IndustryBoeing awarded of a 156 USDm contract
USA
The Boeing Co., Seal Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $156,000,000 cost plus award fee contract modification. This undefinitized contract authorizes the contractor to begin production of the Global Positioning... more
AerospaceRussia is short of astronauts
Baikonur, Kazakhastan - Nobody dreams the stars anymore
The space, mythical entity to which all dreams are addressed, is not a desired destination anymore. Or it's better to say it has become a tourist attraction, than every good tycoon must try; but they are... more
PeopleClass economic syndrome": it starts today the trial for 28 carriers
London, UK - They risk heavy refunds
The process has been opened today, in London, for 28 airlines that will have to defend from an heavy accusation: to have not warmed the passengers of the thrombosis risk. Indeed approximately 50 passengers,... more
DefenseBoeing and US Air Force complete the tests for a new weapon
St Louis, USA - Ended the new 500-pound JDAM Flight Developmental Testing on F-16
On October 31st Boeing and US Air Force have successfully concluded the tests on the new MK-82-500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) in the Air Force Base at Eglin in Florida. The final test gave... more
Press releaseContinental Airlines extends regional reach with three nonstop routes
Houston, USA - Aboard new jets
"Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) began daily nonstop service between Oklahoma City, Omaha, Neb., and Richmond, Va., and the carrier's New York and Houston hubs, marking the commercial launch of 50-seat... more
AccidentsDead an US veteran crashed with his plane
Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic - Tragedy happened during an acrobatic exhibition
James Rossy, this was the name of the unlucky pilot, veteran of the US Air Force, has died in Santo Domingo during an acrobatic exhibition in an aeronautic base at a distance of twenty kilometers by the... more
AirlinesSas dismisses one thousand of employees?
Rome, Italy - The announce has been given by Scandinavian press
The Scandinavian air company Sas announced to dismiss one thousand of its employees in the administrative department. This manoeuvre will allow an earning of 1,3bn Swedish crowns following carrier's opinion,... more
IndustryAirbus conquers the market in Middle East area
Middle East - In the area Airbus reaches the majority
The European company reaches the majority quote in the Middle East area. It became the first company in the area exceeding the Boeing with a contract for 150 new aircraft for a value of USD 14,6bn. Now... more
AccidentsIndian military jet crashed (2): the tecnical sheet
Ambala, India - It was a Sepecat Jaguar
Sepecat, French society founded in 1966, produces combat and tactical support aircraft. The fighter in issue, the Jaguar, was born in 1973 as reconnaissance and attack aircraft. In the plan, in collaboration... more
AccidentsIndian military jet crashed into a village
Ambala, India - It's still uncertain the number of civilians involved
Probably a technical failure the cause that, this morning at 9.50, has caused the crash of a jet of the Indian Air Force on Ambala, approximately 185 km north-west of New Delhi. The aircraft involved... more