Runway incursion of a B747-400 in Rome Fiumicino
The Italian Aviation Safety Agency (ANSV), will investigate in a runway incursion that took place on Jan 8, 2009, at Rome Fiumicino airport. A Thai Airways B747-400, with registration "HS-TGZ"…
Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 visits Civitavecchia
From Feb 7 to Feb 9, the Standing NATO Reponse Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) made a port visit to Civitavecchia harbour. SNMG2 is a multinational, integrated maritime force composed…
Alitalia B777 performs emergency landing in Fiumicino
On Feb. 10, an Alitalia B777 "EI-DBK", with 236 passengers and 6 crew members on board, departed as AZ630 to Miami at 10.00LT (scheduled at 09.20), was compelled to return…
Other ditching stories
Another small-scale Hudson's ditching was performed with success on Feb. 6, when Mr. Bolle ditched its Piper Chieftain in the waters of Darwin Harbour following a loss of power in…
C-17 gear up landing in Bagram: images
On Jan 30, a C-17 Globemaster 96-0002 made a “gear up” landing at Bagram in Afghanistan. I just received the following interesting pictures that show that the aircraft, assigned to…
Emergency landing in Fiumicino for a Boeing 767
On Feb. 5, the Star Air B767-200 with registration OY-SRK in the picture below, flying for Lufthansa Cargo from Rome - Fiumicino to Athens performed an emergency landing shortly after…
