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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
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: more than 60,000 victims
Phuket, Thailand - Indonesia and Sri Lanka prove to be the most devastated countries while the foreign tourists deceased in the Thai land would be at least 700
Estimations related to the victims caused by the seaquake in Asia appear more and more dramatic. The most involved countries still are Indonesia and Sri Lanka where the respective governments think they... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. The government support (3): Russia, Pakistan and Israel
Rome, Italy - 150 units from Israeli Defence Forces to Sri Lanka
Russia has already provided for two cargo planes with aboard tents and first aid equipment with Civil Defence specialized staff. Pakistan Government expressed its sorrow to what occurred in South India... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. The government support: USA and Europe
Rome, Italy - Air-bridges and funds to cover the first emergencies
All the countries through the world are preparing for what could be the biggest support operation in history in favour of people devastated by tsunami in South-Eastern Asia. USA President, George W. Bush,... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. The government support (2): Australia, China and South Korea
Rome, Italy - Aid to facilitate rescues and evacuations
Australia announced it will do all it can to assist the devastated areas: some Hercules aircraft were taken off with on board staff specialized in sanitary emergencies and hygiene and carrying water purification... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: an Indian Air Force Base swept away in Nicobar
New Dheli, India - Indian Minister of Defence would haver confirmed there are 27 victims among the soldiers and about one hundred missing people
One of the area mostly involved by the tsunami in India is Nicobar. New Dheli's Ministry of Defence unveiled that 27 members from Indian Air Force would have died due to the violent tidal wave arriving... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: hundreds victims in Somalia
Mombasa, Kenya - Damages to infrastructures and ships along the Kenyan coast
The waterquake which involved Southern Asia produced dramatic effects also on the Eastern coast of Africa and Kenya and Somalia analyse the situation. In the first case, Navy was alerted, also considering... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: 100 fishermen from Taiwan are still missing offshore from Phuket
Taipei, Taiwan - Even New Zealand was reached by the anomalous wave though an extremely weak one and so unable to produce damages
Despite Formosa island did not suffer directly for the effects produced by the anomalous wave following the strong earthquake located in the Indonesian area, Taipei's authorities reminded how about 100... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: airlift Bangkok-Phuket by the Thai Hercules
Bangkok, Thailand - Meanwhile, Israel announced there are still some 100 missing Israeli-natives most of all in such Thai island
Thai Government is coming to grips with the disastrous effects generated by the seaquake in Phuket island. Just here the major efforts by the search units and the Thai armed forces themselves are focusing.... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: India resorted to Air Force
New Dheli, India - Fix and rotor-winged aircraft are being deployed for transport activities addressed to injured people, lifeless bodies and necessities
Indian Air Force is making efforts to ensure all the necessary assistance for the population in the coastal areas, hit by the tremendous waterquake occurred in the Indian Ocean two days ago and that would... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Indian Navy and Coast Guard searching for the missing people in the sea
New Dheli, India - Experts in the capital informed that the Indian Ocean will not normalize before four or five days
Indian authorities called a warning signal by informing how one cannot be sure that no additional phenomena similar to the seaquake happened two days ago can occur again. Actually, even the search activities... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Neos flight to delay
Rome, Italy - To have stopover at Mombasa and Zanzibar
The Neos flight coming from Maldive with 267 Italians on board has been postponed till 2:12am: one cannot exclude that additional changes can produce a new time line. The Boeing 767 will take off bound... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: newness on African casualties
Rome, Italy - One hundred fishers killed in Somalia
One hundred persons killed only along the coast of Somalia: they were all fishers reported missing from Somalia's authorities. Other seven bodies have been find North to Mogadiscio, as in the Puntland... more
SecurityWaterquake in South East Asia. Ten hours in the sea hung on to a corpse: saved by a helicopter
Phuket, Thailandia - In a such tragedy, misadventure with a happy ending for a Canadian young boy
Sean Lewis, Canadian young boy of 29 years old, employee of an oil company, while he was walking on the beach of Patong, at Phuket, in Thailandia, he was ran over of the "tsunami". Despite of he was carried... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: AVIONEWS interviewed Air One and Alpi Eagles on the possible airlift for the Italian tourists
Rome, Italy - Air One could provide Italian Civil Defence with an aircraft by resorting to technical a stop over while Alpi Eagles excluded such a hypothesis
AVIONEWS interviewed Air One and Alpi Eagles on the possible airlift for the Italian tourists currently staying in the Asian countries involved by the seaquake occurred yesterday. As far as it is concerned... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: meeting at Palazzo Chigi to summarize the situation
Rome, Italy - All countries to gather to supply humanitarian aids
A meeting with Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gianfranco Fini and Civil Defense Chief, Guido Bertolaso, is in progress at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, in order to summarize... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: seven Italians rescued by helicopter
Rome, Italy - 750 Italian citizens in all could be at home today
Despite of the Airport of Male, Maldive Capital, is now operating, the situation is complicated: pilots have in fact forced to land by sight because ground assistance is no supplied. At meantime, along... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. Newness on the figures of the disaster (3): Myanmar, Somalia and Bangladesh
Rangoon, Myanmar - There where involved most of all some fishermen being in the sea just when the anomalous wave arrived
Moderate but unexpected effects were produced by the anomalous wave also in Myanmar, Bangladesh and in some countries in the Eastern coast of Africa such as Somalia and Kenya. Rangoon's Government proves... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Italians in region affected could be 6000
Rome, Italy - Berlusconi: "We fear that Italian victim number increases"
"We are trying to manage in the better way as possible the situation in Maldive, Sri Lanka and in Phuket too, where an Alitalia B-767 and two AMI B-707 are going to arrive", Italian Civil Defense Department... more
SecurityWaterquake in South-East Asia. Newness on the figures of the disaster (2): Thailand, Malaysia and the Maldive
Bangkok, Thailand - Many victims among tourists in some among the major dedicated sites
Also Southern and coastal Thailand appears forced to its own knees due to the earthquake event occurred yesterday where Phuket island proves to be the territorial area mainly involved. The casualties found... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia. Newness on the figures of the disaster: Sri Lanka, Indonesia e India
Colombo, Sri Lanka - The number of the found victims rose up to more than 24,000 in the various countries involved by the tragedy
The latest newness related to the number of victims in the various Asian countries involved by the earthquake event indicate more than 24,000 casualties. Sri Lanka goes on proving the most involved state... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: a "Medecins Sans Frontieres" cargo plane is ready to leave
Rome, Italy - MSF offered its support to the Indonesian authorities to assist the population in the Northern part of Sumatra
"Medecins Sans Frontieres" is preparing some interventions in the areas affected by the seaquake in Souht-East Asia yesterday in the morning: MSF's operators "Have been mobilised to evaluate the needs... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: one third of the victims are children
Copenaghen, Denmark - It was unveiled by the first survey carried out by UNICEF in the countries involved by the tragedy and an airlift with humanitarian aids will be set soon
UNICEF put into evidence the first results related to the survey about the current situation in the various Asian countries involved by the seaquake occurred yesterday. According to the UN's specialized... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: two planes provided by Italian Government arrived at Maldive and Sri Lanka
Rome, Italy - There was on board a Civil Defense team equipped for the medical emergency
The airplane of Italian Civil Defence Department left yesterday from the Rome-Fiumicino Airport (see for details AVIONEWS) landed in the morning at air station of Colombo (Sri Lanka): there was a goodly... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: it is hard to reach airports in the devastated areas
Rome, Italy - Civil Defense warns to not going there neither today nor in the next days
"Reaching airports is very difficult due to the disastrous conditions in the devastated areas and because of the transport means missing. The Sri Lanka and Thailandia authorities not appears able to face... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: eight out of eleven Italian victims have been identified
Rome, Italy - All persons staying in Thailand and Sri Lanka when the tragedy happened
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs unveiled the names of eight out of eleven Italian victims caused by the tsunami which followed the earthquake involving several countries in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday.... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: Lauda Air SpA, Neos and Eurofly flights to carry Italians
Rome, Italy - Other 200 tourists to land at Malpensa at 5:00pm local hour
The B-767 by Neos carrier carrying over 200 Italians has left from the airport of Male, Maldive's Capital. The flight NO-00711 will land at Malpensa air station around 5:00pm. A second Neos plane is scheduled... more
SecurityWaterquake in the South-East Asia: a new earthquake involved India
New Dheli, India - Nicobar and Andaman islands suffered for it but it is still not clear if such event can cause a new tsunami
A new earthquake higher than Richter scale 6 magnitude would have involved the area related to Nicobar and Andaman islands. The competent authorities would be trying to verify carefully the first effects... more