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SecurityAirplanes and safety. British study tests new method of screening suspect passengers
London, United Kingdom - An informal conversation appears to be more effective than a traditional questioning
When security agents in the United Kingdom and USA airports want to find if a passenger is dangerous, they do a sort of interrogation, focusing on people’s body language. But observing gestures and looks t... more
SecurityAirplanes and health. Ebola: Spanish nurse dismissed from hospital
Madrid, Spain - Contagions and deaths diminished in Liberia, but cases have increased in Sierra Leone
Teresa Romero, the first person to be infected with Ebola outside West Africa, was dismissed today November 5 from "Carlos III hospital" in Madrid. As reported by AVIONEWS, the woman, a nurse, had been... more
SecurityAirplanes and health. Ebola: humanitarian NGO doctor put into precaution quarantine in Italy
Quart, Italy - The organization questions the isolation measure: medical tests on the man proved negative
An Italian doctor returning from Sierra Leone was put in isolation on Friday morning at 9:00 Italian time under instructions of the local health agency of Val d’Aosta region. The man had treated Ebola p... more
SecurityAirplanes and health. Nurse returned from Sierra Leone challenges the quarantine imposed by authorities
Fort Knox , USA - Kaci Hickox in isolation in her boyfriend’s house despite never showing Ebola symptoms
Kaci Hickox, the American nurse who came back from Sierra Leone on October 24 after a month treating Ebola-infected people with "Doctors Without Borders", challenged Maine’s authorities going out for a... more
SecurityMalaysia urges new measures for civil airplanes safety
Montreal, Canada - The Asian country Minister of Transports put forward his proposals at an ICAO meeting
The Malaysian Minister of Transports Liow Tiong Lai made a series of recommendations to improve airplane flights safety at the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) Council yesterday October... more
SecurityAirplanes and health. Ebola could reach China
Hong Kong, China - The warning comes from one of the scientists who discovered the virus
Thousands of Chinese work in Africa, and Ebola could reach the Asian country. Peter Piot, one of the scientists who discovered the virus said it during an interview with the “South China Morning Post”. Acc... more
SecurityAirplanes and health. Italian military base of Vicenza chosen to quarantine US military returning from Liberia
Vicenza, Italy - Isolation will last 21 days, maximum Ebola incubation period
US soldiers returning from Liberia will be quarantined at Vicenza base where they will be subject to Ebola screenings. It was reported today by the “Cbs News” website. The first group of 11 militaries has... more
SecurityAirplanes and health. Ebola: New York authorities withdraw forced quarantine for health workers coming back from infected countries
New York, Usa - The measure, introduced on Friday 24, has been withdrawn on the 26 under Washington pressure
The case of Craig Spencer, the US doctor diagnosed with Ebola one week after coming back from Guinea (for details see AVIONEWS), worried New Jersey’s governor Chris Christie and New York mayor Andrew C... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: first case diagnosed in New York
New York, USA - The patient is a doctor who came back from Guinea on October 17. The disease has been in incubation until October 22
First case of Ebola in New York was diagnosed yesterday October 23. The patient, Craig Spencer, is a doctor who worked for "Doctors Without Borders" in Guinea. The man came back to the United States by... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Newark airport: passenger taken to hospital for Ebola controls
Newark, USA - Identity and origin of the patient are unknown
A passenger of an airplane landed at Newark airport in New Jersey was taken at Newark University Hospital yesterday after showing Ebola-like symptoms. Authorities have not revealed the person’s name, g... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. United States: all the flights from Ebola-affected countries will have to land in airports screening for the disease
Washington, USA - But the Republicans ask for a ban of flights from West African countries
As reported by AVIONEWS, on Saturday October 11 Obama administration disposed anti-Ebola controls at New York "Jfk" airport and it extended it to other four on Thursdat 16: Chicago’s “O’Hare”, Atlanta... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: EU Foreign Affairs ministers establish a “European coordinator”
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - The European Union will pay one billion Euros to fight the disease in Africa
“We decided to establish a European coordinator in order to have someone who can coordinate European efforts with the UN and G7 work”, said the Italian minister Federica Mogherini after the EU Member Sta... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola screenings start today at Brussels airport
Brussels, Belgium - Four flights a week from infected countries land in Brussels
After the United Kingdom and France (for details see AVIONEWS 1 and 2) Belgium activated anti-Ebola controls at Brussels airport. Direct flights between Europe and virus-stricken countries -Guinea, Liberia... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. The Spanish nurse recovered from Ebola
Madrid, Spain - Meanwhile WHO admits its responsibilities in the epidemic contagion
Last blood tests made on Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola virus, showed the woman’s immune system eliminated the disease. The good news comes from a note by Spain Prime Minister M... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Hearing at the US Congress over anti-Ebola measures
Washington, USA - Government officials questioned by Senators and Representatives after the Texas nurse’s case
Following the news of the second person infected by Ebola, Amber Vinson Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden and other government officials were summoned to a hearing at the... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: towards an improved cooperation at European level (VIDEO)
Brussels, Belgium - But not all the Member States agree to control passengers in their airports
European Union States’ Health Ministers met yesterday in Brussels to discuss a common European defence against Ebola virus. The meeting was summoned under the initiative of Italy, which now has the Presidency o... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola alarm makes USA airlines stocks fall
Dallas, USA - Investors fear decrease in passengers’ number after Dallas nurse’s case
Shares of the biggest US airlines tumbled between 5 and 8% following news that the nurse Amber Vinson travellers on an airplane full of passengers before she was diagnosed Ebola (for details see AVIONEWS).... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. EU: more cooperation between Member States on airport controls
Brussels, Belgium - The European Commission will audit screening efficiency in African airports
The European Commission "Will immediately undertake an audit of exit screening systems in place in the affected countries... to check their effectiveness and reinforce them as necessary", said European... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Suspect case of Ebola at Madrid airport
Madrid, Spain - The man came from Nigeria after stop-over in Paris
A passenger on an Air France airplane from Paris arrived in Madrid showing possible Ebola Symptoms: fever, sweat, and headache. Barajas airport authorities immediately activated emergency protocols. An... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. USA: infected nurse travelled by plane last Monday
Dallas, USA - Authorities search for passengers on the same flight. Meanwhile in the UK airport screening is extended to Heathrow terminals 2 and 5 and Gatwick
Second Ebola case in the United States: Amber Wilson, a nurse, has been infected after treating “Patient zero” Thomas Eric Duncan who died on October 8 (for details see AVIONEWS). American authorities wer... more
SecurityMeasures against Ebola in Italy: two C-130 airplanes to transport infected people
Rome, Italy - The Council of Ministers decided to implement more severe controls in ports and airports
Italy will strengthen ports and airports controls and will provide passengers with information leaflets on contagion by Ebola. These are the main results of yesterday’s summit at Palazzo Chigi (the official r... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Heathrow airport: confusion on Ebola screening’s first day
London, United Kingdom - Controls appear to rely on the passengers’ will
Confusion at Heathrow on the first day of the anti-Ebola screenings announced by the UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt to the Parliament on Monday (for details see AVIONEWS). As reported by “The Guardian”, som... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Two false Ebola-alarms in Italy yesterday: is it a psychosis?
Rome, Italy - But yesterday the first death in Germany was recorded too
Two false Ebola-alarms were recorded in Italy yesterday. In the morning, a Ryanair airplane going to London-Stansted was grounded for over an hour on the “Canova” airport runway in Treviso. The reason was... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: controls at Heathrow airport start today
London, United Kingdom - But measures taken have raised criticism
Special anti-Ebola tests will be implemented from today at Heathrow Airport Terminal 1 in London. There are no direct flights to the UK from affected West African countries but travellers can reach the... more
SecurityAirplanes. FAA: air traffic service restored at Chicago Center
Washington, Usa - Agency successfully maintains heavy traffic volume while facility is repaired
US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration, early this morning, successfully restored full air traffic operations at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, IL, which suffered significant... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Rome-Fiumicino airport: body scanners still unused
Rome, Italy - The two devices, costing 200.000 Euros each, have been installed one year and a half ago
Their inauguration was expected for June 1, together with the new electronic systems for passport recognition. The two body scanners installed one year and a half ago in Fiumicino airport to detect arms... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: additional screenings in 5 USA airports
Washington, USA - 94% of travellers from West African countries land in the USA from these airports
Enhanced anti-Ebola controls announced by president Obama (for details see AVIONEWS) started on Saturday at New York “JFK” airport; on Thursday, they will be implemented in other four: Chicago’s “O’Ha... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: cleaners protest at "La Guardia" airport in New York
New York, USA - But the airport does not operate international routes
Nearly 200 employees who clean airplane cabins and bathrooms did a strike yesterday October 9 and protested outside “Fiorello La Guardia” airport in New York. Workers say safety measure against virus Ebo... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Boeing against Airbus over auto-ejecting black boxes
Washington, USA - The device, says the American airframer, could eject accidentally
As reported by AVIONEWS, last October 7 during an International Forum over flight safety, Airbus announced to be working on a new kind of black box, that can auto-eject in case of airplane accident and... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Ebola: first patient diagnosed in the US dies
Dallas, USA - Two false alarms yesterday in Italy, while six people are under observation in Spain
The Liberian citizen Thomas Eric Duncan, the first to be diagnosed Ebola outside Africa, died yesterday in the United States. As reported by AVIONEWS, the man did not show any symptom when he landed in... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. NTSB urges international standards for flight tracking
Washington, USA - European agency for safety ready to release rules, FAA (USA) at a standstill
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), US agency investigating on transportation accidents, organised yesterday October 7 a forum to discuss on some flight safety problems, emerged after the... more
SecurityAirplane and safety. Ebola: Italian Health minister Lorenzin calls for more controls at European level
Rome, Italy - Italy is well equipped according to her, but it is necessary to track passengers on indirect flights
Italy does not have direct connections with countries affected by Ebola, but “We are concerned about tracking non-direct flights from endemic areas” says the Italian Health minister Beatrice Lorenzin dur... more
SecurityAirplanes and safety. Obama announces strengthening anti-Ebola controls in the airports
Washington, USA - But many countries are not doing enough against the virus, added the president of the USA
The president of the United States Barack Obama announced yesterday, after a briefing with his advisors, that airline passengers bound for US cities may face additional screening to detect signs of Ebola.... more
SecurityAirplanes. FAA: statement-update on Chicago air traffic facility
Washington, Usa - The authority is continuing to manage high levels
The Federal Aviation Administration continued to manage high levels of air traffic in and out of the Chicago-area airports yesterday. FAA analysis shows by 1 pm CDT, almost 80 percent of the average... more
SecurityEASA: Airbus A-350/900 airplane is certified
Cologne, Germany - Every new type of aircraft needs to obtain a type certificate before it can be delivered to an airline
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued on 30 September 2014 the type certificate of the A-350/900. Airbus demonstrated that the aircraft complies with the regulatory safety and environment requirements... more
SecurityEASA allows the use of PED (to remain on and connected) on airplanes throughout the flight
Cologne, Germany - After a safety assessment process
EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) allows European airlines to permit use of mobile phones following the aircraft landing. Airlines can also allow the use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) throughout... more
SecurityAirplanes and technology. FAA calls on the aviation industry to equip NextGen ADS-B Out aircraft by 2020
Washington, Usa - The all-day session will be held on October 28
Federal Aviation Administration Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker announced to a group of aviation leaders at the NextGen Institute yesterday that the FAA will hold a “Call to Action” summit to engage the... more
SecurityFAA proposes civil penalty against Tecom Industries
Washington, Usa - For USD 417,000
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $417,000 civil penalty against Tecom Industries, Inc. of Thousand Oaks, Calif., for violating federal drug and a... more
SecurityFAA proposed civil penalty against Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
Washington, Usa - For USD 425,000
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $425,000 civil penalty against Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., for failing to comply with Federal Aviation Regulations (... more
SecurityFaa proposes civil penalty against British Airways Plc
Fort Worth, Usa - For USD 195,000
The US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $195,000 civil penalty against British Airways, PLC, for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials Regulations. The... more
SecurityFAA proposes civil penalties against three companies for alleged hazardous materials violations
Washington, Usa - From USD 54,000 to 65,000 towards FedEx Corp; Linvin and Allied Technology Group
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing civil penalties ranging from $54,000 to $65,000 against three companies for allegedly violating Hazardous Materials R... more
SecurityAirplanes and de-icing procedures. FAA proposed civil penalty against American Eagle Airlines
Fort Worth, Usa - For USD 60,000
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $60,000 civil penalty against American Eagle Airlines, Inc. for failing to follow approved aircraft de-icing p... more
SecurityAircraft and safety. Experts warn against "Knee Defender"’s risks
New York, USA - In case of injured passengers, airlines could also face high liability expenses
Controversies raised by "Knee Defender" (the device designed to protect passenger’s knees against reclining airplane seats) does not only concern human aggressiveness. Using this product (as already w... more
SecurityTerrorism: Italy strengthens security measures in ports and airports
Rome, Italy - Minister Alfano: Italy is a possible target, but there are no concrete plans against our country
After Steven Sotloff’s beheading and the threats against “America’s allies” set forth by Isis in the video of the second of September, the Italian public security department issued two guidelines concern... more
SecurityItalian ENAV at the Formula One Italian GP: service by helicopter in Monza for the ATC
Rome, Italy - Thanks to a mobile control tower
On the occasion of the Formula One Italian Grand Prix, ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Company) guaranteed, during the week-end the service of air traffic control (ATC) curated by its Mobile Control Tower. Some... more
SecurityItalian ANSV: inquiry report on C-172 airplane crash occurred in 2011 (Document on the "Specials" by AVIONEWS)
Rome, Italy - Registration OE-KSY, happened on Monte Capra, Aglio-Coli (Piacenza)
ANSV, the Italian Air Safety Board, communicated to have completed and publish an inquiry report on its website. The document is about: - Crash occurred to C-172S airplane, OE-KSY registration, Monte... more
SecurityAircraft and transport. Alert for Bárðarbunga volcano: the seismic activity still high
Reykjavik , Iceland - The last data revealed, from the first bulletin of today in the morning
The seismic activity continues to be high. The most considerable earthquake recorded in the context of the seismic activity has been measured last night at 01:26. USGS (the US Geological Survey) has evaluated... more
SecurityItalian ANSV: inquiry report about PA-28 aircraft crash in 2012
Rome, Italy - Registration I-PITU, occurred near the Montalto Dora (Turin) air field
The Italian Air Safety Board (ANSV) communicated to have completed an inquiry report and published it on its own website. The document is about in particular: - Crash happened to a PA-28RT-201 aircraft,... more
SecurityAirplanes. FAA: new Notice to Airmen issued for Iraq
Washington, Usa - Due to the hazardous situation created by the armed conflict
The Federal Aviation Administration today issued a new Notice-To-Airmen (NOTAM) restricting US operators from flying in the airspace above Iraq due to the hazardous situation created by the armed conflict.... more
SecurityFAA proposes civil penalty against Air Evac EMS Inc.
Chicago, Usa - For USD 110,000
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $110,000 civil penalty against Air Evac EMS Inc., of West Plains, Mo., for operating a Bell BHT 206 helicopter t... more