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Attack on the Paris Olympic Games

Isolated capital: connections with airports interrupted, trains diverted and cancelled

It was supposed to be the great day for France. This evening the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is scheduled (from 26 July to 11 August) but the French capital is isolated: road connections with the three Parisian airports had been interrupted for security reasons and today a series of arson attacks against railway infrastructure led to the diversion and cancellation of numerous trains."Due...

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Paris, France, 07/26/2024 09:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

DefensePlanes, drones and helicopters for the start of the Olympics

The event in France from Friday 26 July to Sunday 11 August 2024

About ten drones and helicopters and hundreds of cameras. Everything is ready for the opening ceremony of the next 2024 Olympic Games which will be held in France from Friday 26 July to Sunday 11 August.... more

AirportsParis airports ready for the Olympics

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Paris is preparing to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games which will open on 26 July 2024. It will be a real challenge for the French air transport sector. A business card that will give people their... more

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