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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Weather forecastsCALENDAR
., INTERNATIONAL EXPO ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATICS. - From 9 to 23 settembre 2000 - Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Center, Vietnam. - Info: +852 2811- 8897. - - - SPEEDNEWS AVIATION... 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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PeopleIRAQ AND RUSSIA WILL SOON RESUME FLIGHTS
MOSCOW, Pavil Piryatku, regional director of the Russian official airline, Aeroflot, said flights with Iraq will be resumed next month. The announcement was also reported by the government iraqui newspaper... more
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PeopleFAA TO ORDER CHANGE TO 737 BOEING
USA, Boeing 737, the worldwide most used jetliner, of which the Seattle industry delivered about 3800 units since it took service in 1967, will have to change the rudder, as FAA ordered. Investigating... more
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DefenseU.S. FIGHTER OVER IRAQ: WASHINGTON SPENT $150 BILLION
BAGHDAD, One hundred billion dollars to finance the 190.000 missions of american fighters over Iraq since May 1991, shortly after the end of Gulf War, to protect the embargo against Saddam Hussein's country.... more
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AerospaceULISSE SPACE SOUNDING IS SETTING TO FLY SUN'S SOUTH POLE AGAIN
ROME, A real celestial odissey for Ulisse sounding which is undertaking the second exploration of sun's south pole. The aim is to arrive to fly again north pole too to accomplish a course of 11 missions.... more
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AerospaceNEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE PROPULSION
PASADENA, CA, Scientists of Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Pasadena hoisted a carbonium thin sail, as the ones unveiled at EuroEM 200, together with experimentation results, using a microwave sheaf of 10... more
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AerospaceFRESH BATTERIES INSTALLED IN SPACE STATION
USA, Space Shuttle crew, undertaking several missions to set up International Space Station with permanent staff aboard, snapped new batteries into place and hauled gear into the growing outpost. Two astronauts... more
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AerospaceNASA CHANDRA SATELLITE DISCOVERS INTERMEDIATE BLACK HOLES
CAPE CANAVERAL, USA, New forontiers of scientific knowledge are opening thanks to Nasa research. Using X-ray telescope of Chandra's satellite, the most high-powered, found the trace of the existence... more
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IndustryBAE-MARCONI: 55 MILLION SAVINGS THIS YEAR
LONDON, The last year merger between BAe Systems and Marconi met its target: BAe is expected to report £55 million savings this year. Profits before tax for the six months of the year increased to £214 m... more
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SecurityMEDITERRANEAN PLANE TOUR IS GOING TO BE CONCLUDED
PERUGIA, "Peace pilots" are going to conclude next saturday the Mediterranean Plane Tour that Paolo Marcagnani, Cessna 172 pilot, together with other pilots and entrepreneurs, followed by an helicopter,... more
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AccidentsBOMB THREAT ON PAKISTAN LEADER'S PLANE
NEW YORK, A jet carrying Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf was forced to return to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York after a bomb threat. The Boeing 747 of Pakistan International Airlines,... more
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IndustryTHOMSON CSF: NO COMMENT ABOUT ALLIANCE WITH ALENIA AND EADS
PARIS, Thomson-CSF didn't released official statement about the possible alliance with Alenia and EADS, the avionic defense and aerospace giant. The alliance would include only planning and radar manufacturing.... more
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AccidentsMASS EXORCISM AT INDIAN CRASH SITE
INDIA, A mass exorcism is taking place near the site of the air crash in India, to get rid of the ghosts of the victim still haunting the area, as Gardanibagh residents said. Sixty people died in the crash.... more
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IndustryTHOMSON-CSF RISES SALES BUT LOWERS PROFITS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2000
PARIS, Thomson-csf, the industry manufacturing electronic devices for aircraft, closed the first half of the year with a rising 29% selling profit for Euro 202 million. The sale incresed 15%, Euro 3,2... more
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Civil aviationU.S. COMMISSION WILL SET AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT PILOTS' WEARINESS
WASHINGTON, Weariness, fits of drowsiness, jet lags and night shifts: these are all dangerous malaise for pilots flight attendants, engineers. U.S. airlines ordered a reasearch to Stanford University,... more
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Science and technologyMALPENSA 200, INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES AGREE WITH CRANFIELD REPORT
BRUXELLES, Delegates of the 12 airlines, which last March 16 raised the question of air traffic allocation at Malpensa 2000, completely agree with report of Cranfield University, European Commission's... more
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AerospaceFRENCH PARACHUTIST MICHEL FOURNIER ON THE EDGE OF HUMAN LIMIT
SAO PAULO, The french parachutist Michel Fournier will attempt an undertaking on the edge of human limit, to overcome the sound wall by free fall launching himself into the stratosphere from an helium... more
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AirlinesLARGER FLEET AND MORE SERVICES FOR EMIRATES WITHIN THE YEAR
DUBAI, EMIRATES, Emirates will provide customers new services before the end of 2000. The first new will include new routes, no-stop flights between Dubai and Madras-Chennai (India's important shopping... more
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AccidentsPILOT COLLAPSES WHILE LANDING
TOKYO, A pilot of a regional japanese flight collapsed while landing at Saga airport when the aircraft, an Airbus A-320, was standing 300 metres far from the ground. The immediate intervention of the co-pilot... more
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AccidentsFORTY PEOPLE INTOXICATED BY FUMES AT AIR TERMINAL
SYDNEY, A few days before the beginning of Sydney Olympic Games the airport of the australian capital city was scene of an accident giving officials a lot of worries. Forty people were intoxicated... more
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DefenseEQUAL RIGHTS PROTEST ON U.S. AIRCARRIERS
WASHINGTON D.C., Equal rights always take troubles, as, for example, the ones reported by Pentagon about crew's protests on the 11 U.S. aircarriers. The increase of women in the staff, about 10%, convinced... more
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AccidentsTWO AIRCRAFT STANDING ON THE SAME CORRIDOR BEFORE LANDING NEARLY TO COLLIDE IN OSLO
OSLO, NORWAY, Two aircrafts stood on the same corridor during landing mnouvre and an automatic alarm system prevented a disastrous crash. It occurred at Oslo airport last friday involving two Sas aircrafts,... more
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AirlinesALITALIA'S FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR REPORT CONFIRMED $150 MILLION LOSS FOR FUEL PRICE
ROME, Fuel price and dollar exchange rate are confirmed to be the main reasons of Alitalia's crisis. The official Alitalia report, approved by board of directors, confirms the loss of about $180 million... more
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PeopleITALIANS FLIES INTO A RAGE WITH AIR FRANCE: 96 HOURS TO BACK HOME FROM POLYNESIA
ROME, Thirthy italians went through a real odissey to back from Polynesia: four days to back home after flying from Papeete to Los Angeles via Honolulu to return to Paris where they were finally boarded... more