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SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: 300 coffins exhumed in Thailand
Rome, Italy - There have been identification mistakes
It happened due to the chaos which reigns from 8 days in the countries of Bengal Gulf affected with those could be the most violent seaquake in living memory according to scientists. In Thailand, 300 coffins... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Indonesia promotes a warning system against the tsunamies
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Asian country forced, according to analysts, to face another problem after the domestic struggles among factions and Islamic terrorism
Indonesia is promoting an initiative intended to prevent and avoid catastrophic events such as the seaquake which killed some 144,000 persons as one third lived in the Indonesian land. It deals with a... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: two Italian Civil Defence's Canadair in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka - After taking off from Rome-Ciampino Airport, they will perform SAR operations searching for missing people in difficult areas
The two Italian Civil Defence’s Canadair amphibious firefighting airplanes destined to operate in Sri Lanka took off from Rome-Ciampino Airport on last December 31 (see for details AVIONEWS). The two a... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the latest data on the victims amount
Jakarta, Indonesia - The UN fear there are at least 150,000 casualties and more than 94,000 of them occurred in the Indonesian territory
The latest figures related to the number of victims established in Asia following the seaquake which hit several countries in the Indian Ocean on last December 26 grew furtherly during the latest days.... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: "A helicopter to save my life? It is helpful to rescue persons being really in danger"
Bentota, Sri Lanka - The son of Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs so refused the rescue vehicle sent to take him nearby Colombo
The son of Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs was in Bentota on holiday, nearby the capital of Sri Lanka Colombo, when the tsunami hit the tourism site. Indian Government immediately decided to send a... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the role played by helicopters in the humanitarian missions
Jakarta, Indonesia - The only vehicles able to reach many of the involved areas but rain is making the situation worse
Rescue and aid activities for the populations of the South-East Asia's states involved by the waterquake go on by both national and international actions. The humanitarian officers, the law enforcement... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: religious representatives from all faiths praying together in Malaysia for the victims of the disaster
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - An initiative supported by Malaysian Government to offer a spiritual aid besides the material one
As the figures about the victims of the seaquake in Asia indicated by governmental sources at an international level rise, also the initiatives aimed to support the countries affected by the huge disaster... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: more than 2200 victims and 6100 missing people among the foreigners in Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand - It would have been unveiled by Thai Government and many European countries would appear to fear such figures are not far off the truth
Thai Government unveiled recently that the number of casualties among the foreign tourists in the country following the seaquake is likely to be a large one and for more than 2200 persons, while the missing... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: international summit in Indonesia to face the crisis
Jakarta, Indonesia - To occur on January 6 and the countries involved by the disaster, the USA, Australia and the major international organizations will attend
Indonesia will promote a great coordination work to rationalize the humanitarian support for the Asian countries involved by the seaquake. A conference has in fact been scheduled for January 6 and it will... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Indian ships and aircraft supporting the countries affected by the disaster
New Dheli, India - Forty naval units and dozens airplanes and helicopters performing humanitarian operations in various states of the region
The Indian armed forces are making efforts in a large humanitarian assistance work with a remarkable deployment of personnel and ground, sea and air means. Indian Navy resorted to some war ships both to... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: inspection at Malpensa to set the arrival of the lifeless bodies
Milan, Italy - A prospective funeral chamber to be set in the former Agusta's hangar
The inspection at Malpensa air station (Milan, Italy) occurred recently, in particular in the former Agusta helicopter producer's hangar, to verify the logistics and health conditions for the arrival of... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: 13 Italian injured en route towards home
Rome, Italy - Missing persons appear to be about 700 at the moment
The Foreign Minister, Gianfranco Fini, at daily meeting with press, unveiled that 13 Italians injured are travelling in order to come back to Italy: among them there is Anna Rampazzo, 50 from Padua, halted... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. Newness on the aids from international community: Spain to offer redevelopment fund
Rome, Italy - Iberian citizens missing are 13
Spanish Government offered EUR 50m to redevelop countries affected by seaquake and has already appropriated EUR 3m to turn over to EU and ONU fund. Council of Ministers has approved aid today, while the... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Italian Civil Defence effectuates air inspection in Sri Lanka
Rome, Italy - On board of the plane Agostino Miozzo (Director of the office related to voluntary of the Italian Civil Defence Department) in order to effectuate a report about the situation
"Currently we do not have indications about wether to meet Italian tourists. It is on an air inspection of Miozzo, (Civil Defence's responsible), along the the Sri Lanka's coasts [...] There are still... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Malaysia ready to endow with a warning system against tsunamies
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Government suggested a regional cooperation with other Asian countries and the USA's joining
Malaysian Government would have decided to follow the Indian example, by endowing with warning systems as soon as possible as capable to indicate if an earthquake event is able to produce a seaquake (see... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: two Italians saved at Phi Phi Island identified
Rome, Italy - They has been found by Civil Defense team
Two Italians found with other tourists at Phi Phi Island (Thailandia), refuged in a wood area situated on a hill to escape the violence of seaquake (see for details AVIONEWS), have been identified: Mario... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia: Italy ready to send two Canadairs towards Sri Lanka
Rome, Italy - It is Italian Government's will but Italian Civil Defence is still setting the operational programme
Italian Premier, Silvio Berlusconi, announced the forthcoming sending of two Canadair amphibious firefighting and search and rescue airplanes from Italian Civil Defence towards Sri Lanka, one of the countries... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Indian helicopter verified the disappearance of Indira Point Island
New Dheli, India - No newness about more than 20 persons who were in such territory, even some international researchers
Among the several damages produced by the earthquake event occurred in Asia on last Sunday, and the following seaquake which involved various countries in the Indian Ocean, one has to underline also the... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the new death toll reaches 120,000
Rome, Italy - 80,000 killed only in Indonesia
Indonesian Health Minister's sources have reported that last seaquake toll is 79,940 dead: so, the death toll of natural disaster which hit and destroyed countries in South-East Asia, reached 120,000.... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: RIS Carabinieri to recognize bodies by DNA test in Thailand
Rome, Italy - Tourists kept in formalin at Phuket
The Carabinieri RIS (Italian Scientific Investigation Regroupment) arrives at Phuket today. They will attend together Vigili del Fuoco fire brigade to recognize casualties by the DNA test. They have to... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: 27 British killed. Germany to mourn 50 dead
Rome, Italy - More and more serious the German tool reported by Thai authorities
Great Britain has not still unveiled sure data concerning its own missing citizens, but the verified tool is 27 dead: 21 killed in Thailand, 3 in Sri Lanka and 3 in Maldive. The Britain Ambassador to Bangkok... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: five millions persons without food
Jakarta, Indonesia - It would have been unveiled by the Indonesian authorities while the estimation related to 100,000 casualties would be a restrictive one
Five millions persons living nearby the coasts of the Asian countries involved by the anomalous wave are completely devoid of food and water procurements. It is what would have recently been revealed by... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: cholera-alarm at Phuket
Rome, Italy - There are too much unburied coffins
The verified casualties in Thailand were 1975 and 5300 missing persons while it has launched the cholera-alarm in Phuket: it seems in fact that hundreds of coffins are still unburied, so in a shortly time... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Thai Government criticized for the few aircraft sent to support the population
Bangkok, Thailand - Criticism against delay and the shortage of aircraft and personnel available for the humanitarian emergency
Government is being criticized in Thailand due the supposed delay in sending aids to the population in difficulty in the Southern and coastal areas of the country. Criticism would be addressed by several... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the Indonesian armed forces re-deployed to restore communications
Jakarta, Indonesia - A relevant logistic effort performed in the involved areas in the country through the resort to helicopters
The Indonesian armed forces are making efforts performing operations to support the population involved by the disaster produced by the anomalous wave which flooded several coastal areas in the country.... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: criticism against Indian Government due to the new tsunami alarm and New Dheli gave the lie
New Dheli, India - Sri Lanka does not intend to generate panic among people while reassurances were delivered even from the Western countries
The warning signal called by New Dheli's Government last night about the possible arrival of a new seaquake able to reach India's coast, and even the ones of the other neighbour states already hit by the... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: a new warning signal for tsunami called by India
New Dheli, India - Earthquake events detected last night led Indian Government to invite population to leave the coast
New earthquake events were detected in the Indian Ocean last night for more than a Richter scale 5 magnitude. So, Indian Government decided to spread a warning signal indicating to the population in the... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Italian coffin to come back tomorrow
Rome, Italy - Italian tourists hunted down in Thailand carried to Civil Defense operating centre
The coffin of former pilot Luigi Tribbioli gained the authorization to come back Italy tomorrow. At meantime, 76 persons have been found at Krabi (Thailandia) and they are almost all Italians. But there... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the latest estimations on the victims of the disaster
Jakarta, Indonesia - Ther could be some 80,000 casualties in the Indonesian territory and more than 36,000 could belong to Sumatra
After the announcement by the International Red Cross according to which the final figure on the casualties in Asia due to the recent seaquake could be larger than 100,000 (see for details AVIONEWS), the... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: according to Red Cross the total account of died is 100.000 thousands
Geneva, Swiss - Meanwhile Civil Protection saved about 30 Italian thought to be lost in Sri Lanka
The fear both of International Red Cross and governments of the countries interested in the natural catastrophe, lead to waterquake verified in the past days, is the one that the number of died could reach... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: three Italians reported missing are still alive
Rome, Italy - The new has been anticipated by confirms and retractions
At the first moment, Italian Minister for Reforms, Roberto Calderoli, had unveiled that three of thirteen Italians reported killed were instead safe: but Farnesina has immediately disproved the Minister... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Buddhist monks set food then delivered by aircraft
Jakarta, Indonesia - The launch of several packages in Indonesia already occurred but this phenomenon would be involving all the states affected by tsunami
The transport airplanes sent by Indonesian Government towards the areas affected by the anomalous wave started launching food to support the population involved by the catastrophe. Part of this load would... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Malaysia set the recover of its natives in the neighbour countries
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysian Air Force to send C-130 military airlifters
Malaysian authorities are still trying to set a proper recovery operation for Malaysian-native pe ople staying in particular in Sumatra and Thailand, following the recent disaster which involved Malaysia... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia: Indonesian Government asks for more helicopters to support the population in difficulty
Jakarta, Indonesia - The available aircraft in the country would not be sufficient for the transport of necessities and it is being feared for epidemic
Indonesian Government is trying to face the emergency caused by the recent catastrophe by significantly resorting to aerial vehicles but it seems that is not enough. So, Government asked the international... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia: Indian Coast Guard's Chetak helicopters at work along the coast
New Dheli, India - More than 50 lifeless bodies recovered and 20 persons rescued during the SAR operations to date
Besides the role played by Indian Air Force and Navy to rescue the population in difficulty in the India's coastal areas involved by the tsumani, even Indian Coast Guard is making efforts in the SAR (Search... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia: the economic damages suffered by Thai Airways
Bangkok, Thailand - According to the carrier's board, one can estimate loss for some USD 7m
The economic damages suffered by Thailand following the disaster generated by the tsunami occurred three days ago are reflecting on tourism and even on the air transport sector for the Asian country. Some... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Thailand faces looting in the involved tourism areas
Bangkok, Thailand - An additional plague spreading in the sites affected by the disaster
Situation in Thailand is worsening day after day as the rescue and law enforcement units recover other lifeless bodies from the shores and the green areas nearby the coast. There could be some 3000 casualties... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia: the number of victims rose further
Jakarta, Indonesia - And the WHO warned about epidemic reminding that the amount of casualties could double
The number of victims caused by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean and that involved several Asian and African countries appears destined to rise. It is being currently talked about 70,000 casualties and... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Italy sent a seaplane
Rome, Italy - Italian coffins to come back only after authorization
"The top priority is that our compatriots achieve to go to zones fit for evacuation. The situation is complicated both in Phuket, Thailandia, and Colombo, Sri Lanka, because there are no more roads avaible... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the effects involving the planet
Matera, Italy - According to American and Italian experts, the Earth's axis would have been shifted of 5-6 cm but even the surface was affected by remarkable consequences
The Earth itself would have been affected with evidence according to experts due to the earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean two days ago. American researcher but also the Italian ones, such as those... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: tour operator sold tickets for free humanitarian flight
Rome, Italy - "There must be a misunderstanding", Travel Pac replied
Travel Pac, one of the three tour operators managing the Eurofly free humanitarian flight from Malpensa with 40 Singhalese on board bound for Male to recognize their relatives, seems had sold to 30 passengers... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: relevant economic damages for Thai tourism
Bangkok, Thailand - According to experts, a very long time is needed to relaunch the economy in the country
Thailand is going to suffer for remarkable bad economic effects due to the recent disaster produced by the seaquake occurred two days ago. Bangkok's Government would be convinced of it, when considering... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: at 8:00pm Blue Panorama flight to take off with medicines for Sri Lanka
Rome, Italy - Lombardia Region is the first Italian one to send primary medication
The airplane provided by Blue Panorama bound for Colombo, Sri Lanka, will take off at 8:00pm from Milan-Malpensa. The flight will carry humanitarian aids of Civil Defense and EUR 50,000 medicines pick... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the number of victims due to such disaster rose up to 70,000
New Dheli, India - About 50 Italians not to come back immediately as their health conditions would not enable them to leave the local hospitals
The number of victims found in the Asian countries involved by the seaquake occurred two days ago goes on rising. The latest analyses point out about 70,000 casualties and the assistance activities for... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: two helicopters and 400 policemen missing in Indonesia
Rome, Italy - At meantime, airplanes and ships are carrying necessaries
The Chief of Police in Aceh, Indonesia, unveiled that about 300 agents are missing with two copters: also in Meulaboh city more than 100 men of South Sumatra Police are missing, and the nurses of Zainal... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: the first possible political effects of the tragedy
Colombo, Sri Lanka - According to some analysts, this event could improve the regional cooperation and lower the national ethnic and religious clashes
Some international analysts expressed their opinion about the strictly political effects produced by the disaster occurred in Asia following the seaquake. Indonesia and Sri Lanka have been experiencing... more
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
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