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SecurityRussian president blames airport officials after the attack at Domodedovo
Moscow, Russia - "There were violations in providing security" he said
Russian president Dmitri A. Medvedev today sharply questioned security precautions at the airport on Moscow that was hit by a suicide bomber yesterday, saying that officials must be held responsible for... more
SecurityChina tightens security measures at Beijing's main airport
Beijing, China - Following the attack at Moscow-Domodedovo
China's official Xinhua News Agency says security at Beijing's main airport has been tightened after the bombing in Moscow that killed 35 people and wounded tens of others (see AVIONEWS). Xinhua says... more
SecurityFAA tightens rules for charter flights pilots
Washington, Usa - Regulators seek to enhance the safety of some 1,600 airlines and air-taxi companies
US aviation regulators, seeking to enhance the safety of some 1,600 charter airlines and air-taxi companies, issued a final rule Thursday requiring pilots of such planes to receive specialized training... more
SecurityICAO and Dubai Civil Aviation authority to train cops to cope with explosives
Abu Dhabi, UAE - And how to handle diplomats and other people with legal immunity
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dubai Civil Aviation Avsec Center and the Regional Center in the Middle East will jointly train more cops in handling airport and aviation safety,... more
SecurityNew airport scanners couldn't see through sikh turbans
Washington, Usa - They have been warned that they could now face 100% screening of their "Pagris"
Already peeved by security pat downs, Sikhs in the US have been warned that they could now face 100% screening of their turbans at American airports as the new imaging technology cannot see through their... more
SecurityFurther case of laser pointer on an airplane
Bari, Italy - Landing at the Italian Bari's airport
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 10:25 pm. An Alitalia flight from Milan-Linate is landing at the "Karol Wojtyla" airport of Bari, where a laser pointer with a green light, coming from an area not far from the... more
SecurityNTSB has called for the FAA to require an immediate check of ELTs on airplanes of general aviation
Washington, Usa - They must be connected with external antenna
A fatal general aviation accident in which four badly injured survivors' lives were put at risk by the failure of the aircraft's emergency locator transmitter (Elt) has worried the US National Transportation... more
SecurityASN airplane accident digest 2010: review
Amsterdam, The Netherlands - The factsheet is on the "Specials" section on the AVIONEWS' home-page
Over the year 2010 the Aviation Safety Network recorded a total of 29 fatal airliner accidents, resulting in 831 fatalities and 6 ground fatalities. The number of fatalities is higher than the ten-year... more
SecurityMedvedev has signed a new national security law
Moscow, Russia - That defines the threats for the Nation and establishes the measures to adopt to remedy
The press office of the Russian President, Medvedev, unveiled that the head of State yesterday signed a new security law. The same Medvedev, on the occasion of a meeting with the members of the Security... more
SecurityTerrorism alert in India: security measures have been strengthened, particularly in airports
New Delhi, India - Authorities foresee attacks in the first days of the new year
Indian Interior minister has ordered today the state of alert all over the country and in particular in big cities, "Ians" agency released today. Indian intelligence assumes that in the first days of the... more
SecurityJapan Airlines, wheelchairs in bamboo in two airports
Tokyo, Japan - In 2011, to reduce the time for the security checks
Japan Airlines has confirmed that, next year, it will equip two airports, that of Haneda and the one of Oita, with wheelchairs made of bamboo. The initiative, which if successful with the the passengers... more
SecurityFAA asks US owners to register again their civilian airplanes
Washington, Usa - For safety reasons
On Friday, December 10, 2010, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, asked the American owners of civilian aircraft to register them again, in order to improve the quality of its documents: according to... more
SecurityQantas and SIA modify A and B versions of Trent 900 engines for their planes
Sydney, Australia - Adapting them to the latest variant
Qantas Airways has already completed the replacement of 5 of the 16 Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines to modify or replace on the aircraft of its fleet. The changes are due to a secondary oil leak, which last... more
SecurityEmirates civil aviation authorities suspended the operations of five foreign airlines
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The carriers were not named
The civil aviation authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suspended the operations of five foreign airlines within the Gulf region after they reportedly violated air safety and security instructions. The... more
SecurityDo airlines under report safety incidents to regulators? Australian pilots union says yes
Sydney, Australia - An airbus A-330 first officer has been fired
Australia's largest pilots union claims airlines are ''Under reporting'' safety incidents to regulators and that pilots are too afraid to air their concerns because of fear of reprisals. A Jetstar... more
SecurityPakistan's civil aviation said orders to make all Russian aircraft undergo strict checks
Karachi, Pakistan - Authorities won't allow any plane to operate without complying with the given guidelines
Pakistan's civil aviation authorities have started grounding planes reaching the country from different parts of the world in an effort to enforce strict technical checking procedures, after a Russian... more
SecurityEuropean Union sets up recommendations for air cargo security
Brussels, Belgium - Following the 30 October alert when explosive were found in freight airplanes
European Commissioner for Transports Siim Kallas, meeting with the high-level group on air cargo security, has set out a series of recommendations on the EU's response to the 30 October security alert,... more
SecurityUsa e Panama firmano memorandum per lo scambio informazioni che renderanno più sicuro il trasporto aereo in ottica anti-terrorismo
Panama City, Panama - Janet Napolitano e il presidente Ricardo Martinelli si sono incontrati oggi nella capitale del Paese dell'America latina
Janet Napolitano, segretario generale Usa per la sicurezza interna, è in visita ufficiale a Panama City, per incontrarsi con il suo omologo e per sottolineare l'impegno dell'amministrazione Obama nella... more
SecurityFAA proposes duty of photo on airplane and helicopter pilots' certificates
Washington, Usa - Made of plastic to avoid tampering, it will be a duration to allow the updating of the photo
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it is proposing that all pilot certificates include photos of the certificate holder. This action follows a requirement that all pilot certificates... more
SecurityUS airport operators must give information on workers who have access to sensitive areas
Washington, USA - It has been requested by the Department of Homeland Security
The inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security is asking airports to deliver personal information on workers who have access to secure or sensitive areas. A memo sent to airport security... more
SecurityAirport scanner: scientist say that the risk of getting cancer from it is the same as chance of a terrorist blowing up a plane
Washington, USA - It would take 5,000 trips through it to equal the dose of a single chest X-ray
The discussion on airport scanners is going on. The last word has been released by British scientists who have said the risk of getting cancer from an airport scanner "Is the same as chance of a terrorist... more
SecurityGUCE: European regulation on investigations, prevention of air crashes and of occurrences
Rome, Italy - The document that repeals Directive 94/56/CE
The EU's official gazette (GUCE) published on November 12, 2010, the EU Regulation number 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 in Strasbourg about the investigations... more
SecurityQuestions and answers on the "Body scanners" at airports
Washington, USA - One can refuse it but then must undergo a mandatory pat-down
The Transportation Security Administration is battling a viral wave of criticism after multiple stories have emerged of all-too-intimate full-body pat-downs and a screaming, tearful girl being searched... more
SecurityQantas: Rolls-Royce could replace up to 40 Trent 900 engines on A-380 planes
Sydney, Australia - Of the three airlines which have equipped with it their fleets
On Thursday, November 18, 2010, Qantas announced that Rolls-Royce could replace up to 40 Trent 900 engines installed on Airbus A-380 airplanes, some of which were found to be defective in the controls... more
SecurityRolls-Royce switches engines of A-380 airplanes under construction for units already in service
Derby, UK - The move might delay the deliveries of the aircraft
Engine maker Rolls-Royce has asked Airbus to return some Airbus A-380 engines from production lines so it can use them to replace faulty ones on airplanes already in service. The Airbus A-380 - the... more
SecurityAir passenger refuses body scanner and "Pat down": fined and ejected from San Diego airport
San Diego, USA - He was concerned for the health hazard due to the x rays
An airline passenger was thrown out of San Diego International Airport and threatened with a 10,000 Dollars fine after refusing to submit to invasive security checks. John Tyner, 31, objected to the use... more
SecurityFAA sets new retirement dates for airplanes
Washington, USA - The air safety regulators have issued a rule
American air-safety regulators have issued a rule effectively setting mandatory retirement dates for aging jetliners in order to head off widespread and potentially dangerous metal fatigue. The Federal... more
SecurityAre the body scanners at airports dangerous for health?
Baltimore, USA - Some 315 of them are currently in use in the US
US scientists have warned that the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners being used to screen passengers and airline crews at airports around the world may be unsafe. "They say the risk is minimal,... more
SecurityEASA orders further checks on the A-380 airplanes' engines
Sydney, Australia - Qantas leaves grounded its own aircraft of this kind for at least other 48 hours
EASA, European Aviation Safety Agency, has ordered additional controls for Rolls-Royce's engines of the A-380 aircraft. The Board has issued an emergency airworthiness directive, in force since November... more
SecurityPettinaroli, "Foundation 8 October": “For 3 days, Milan has been the world capital city of aviation safety”
Milan, Italy - The International event concluded today
“For 3 days, Milan has become the world capital for aviation safety: the contribution provided to the sector has been very important”. This is one of the first comments of Paolo Pettinaroli, president of... more
SecurityItalian ENAV participated at the seminar on air transport safety
Milan, Italy - The Director Generale, Massimo Garbini, focused the attention on "Runway incursions"
Massimo Garbini, director general of ENAV (Italian flight assistance company) was one of the speakers at the annual seminar of Flight Safety Foundation, which is being held (and is almost ended) in Milan,... more
SecuritySecurity on airplanes: Usb asks for intervention at Cisa on transport of dangerous liquids
Rome, Italy - In a letter to the Italian ministers Maroni and Matteoli and to Enac's President Vito Riggio
On Wednesday, November 3, 2010, Usb, Basic trade unions aviation sector, wrote to the Interior Minister Maroni, to the Transport Minister Matteoli and to Enac's President Vito Riggio, requiring the implementation... more
SecurityBody-scanners of Italian airports ineffective?
Rome, Italy - Yes, according to the minister Maroni
On the occasion of the first international conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, the Italian Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, said that the body-scanners in the Italian airports "Have not proved effective... more
SecurityFlight Safety Foundation has opened its 63rd annual seminar in Milan
Milan, Italy - The seminar is attended by 400 participants
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) opened its annual International Air Safety Seminar (IASS) in Milan this morning. Hosted by the Foundation 8 October and Demetra, is attended by more than 400 aviation... more
SecurityItaly: after the parcel-bombs, intensified the security measures on air transport and airplanes
Tel Aviv, Israel - The minister Maroni said it in Tel Aviv for the first international security conference
The Italian Interior minister, Roberto Maroni, in these days in Tel Aviv, Israel, for the first international security conference, said that the control measures in the Italian airports have been intensified.... more
SecurityAVIONEWS "Specials". The latest of 5 investigation reports by Italian Ansv: SF-25C powered glider air crash
Rome, Italy - Code I-IMAC, at "Monte Campo dei Fiori" (Varese), occurred at the beginning of March, 2008
Ansv, the Italian air safety board, announces that it has been completed the investigation report about the air crash occurred to the SF-25C powered glider aircraft, code I-IMAC, at "Monte Campo dei Fiori"... more
SecurityEngland, security checks at airports "Redundant"?
London, England - So he thinks British Airways Chairman, according to whom GB should stop "Kowtow to the Americans" on every requirement on the issue
On the occasion of the annual conference of the Association of British airport management trusts, Martin Broughton, Chairman of British Airways, said that security checks on the British territory are "Excessive",... more
SecurityItalian ANSV: completed the investigation report on the air crash occurred to a Mooney M-20R airplane (Special)
Rome, Italy - Registered OE-KMO, Marina di Campo (Livorno) airport, on May 12, 2007
Italian air safety board, Ansv, unveils that has been concluded the report about the air crash occurred to the Mooney M-20R aircraft, code OE-KMO, at Marina di Campo (Livorno) airport, on May 12, 2007. The... more
SecurityAVIONEWS specials. Italian Ansv: completed the investigation report on air crash ("Speciali")
Rome, Italy - Occurred to a B-737, code EI-COI, at Catania's airport at the half of June, four years ago
Ansv, the Italian air safety board, unveiled that another investigation report has been completed. It is about an incident occurred to the B-737 plane, registered EI-COI, at the Catania-Fontanarossa airport,... more
Security"JFK" airport in New York got its first body-scanner
New York, USA - For now, only for passengers traveling with "American Airlines"
Last week-end, the first body-scanner was installed at "John F. Kennedy" airport in New York. Soon other imaging machines be installed in other air-stations of the City, in the context of the increasing... more
SecurityItalian Ansv: completed the investigation report on the crash of a Bombardier Canadair CL-415 airplane (Special)
Rome, Italy - Code I-DPCN, next to Brescia, at the half of August 2003
ANSV, Italian air safety board, announced that a further report investigation has been completed about an air crash occurred to the Bombardier Canadair CL-415 airplane, code I-DPCN, in Val Cavena, in the... more
SecurityMore security checks in the USA airports
New York, USA - More body-scanners and "Secure Flight" program active from November 1st
Currently, about 300-body scanners -"Advanced imaging technology" machines, able to detect explosives and weapons including the non-metal ones, are located in 61 big and small airports in America. Of... more
SecurityAVIONEWS interviewed the lawyer Pierluigi Di Palma of "Demetra" Research centre (VIDEO)
Rome, Italy - On the occasion of 63rd edition of IASS
AVIONEWS interviewed Pierluigi Di Palma of the Italian "Centro studi Demetra" ("Demetra" research centre) that, together with “Fondazione 8 ottobre 2001” foundation -which with it has been cooperating for... more
SecurityFAA supersedes existing airworthiness directive for Cessna 750 airplanes
Washington (D.C.), USA - In force from October 20th, 2010
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Model 750 airplanes. That AD currently requires inspecting the inboard-hinge brackets of the left and right elevators... more
SecurityItalian ANSV completed the investigation report about serious occurrence involving CRJ-900 aircraft
Rome , Italy - Code EI-DRJ, flying from Brindisi to Rome, in 2007
ANSV (Italian air safety board) announces it has completed the investigation report about the serious occurrence involving CRJ-900 Bombardier aircraft, registered EI-DRJ, flying from Brindisi to Rome on... more
SecurityEC about investigation, prevention of accidents by airplanes and new regulation
Brussels, Belgium - Welcoming European Parliament vote endorsing new rules in this sector
The European Commission welcomes the vote supporting a new regulation on investigation and prevention of accidents by airplanes in civil aviation which paves the way to a first reading agreement between... more
SecurityItalian civil aviation authority: body-scanners tested, no good results
Rome, Italy - ENAC estimated operating time more than manual inspection
ENAC (Italian civil aviation authority) rejects the body-scanner. The tests have not brought the desired results, ENAC president, Vito Riggio, said this morning at a press conference. . "We tested all... more
SecurityHelicopters: Phoenix Heliparts appeals revocation of part 145 repair station certificate
Washington, USA - Company says FAA has done wrong to imply thei work is unsafe
In response to the unexpected revocation of its repair station certificate by the FAA, Phoenix Heliparts on Friday began the formal appeal of the agency's actions to the National Transportation Safety... more
SecurityPilots: FAA ready to issue new rules for airlines
Washington, USA - A draft submitted to the White House
It's taken 15 months and a half-dozen missed deadlines, but the FAA is finally about to propose new regulations on how many hours airlines can schedule pilots to be on duty or in the cockpit. A draft was... more
SecurityIn October security operations by US-EU joint-taskforce in European airports
Paris, France - US officials will check the passenger lists on departing flights
Last airport to activate the new Euro-American agency was Paris “Charles de Gaulle”: four US policemen are already active in the hub of la Ville Lumiere to check the identity of those who board a pla... more