June 28, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A Ryanair airplane made an emergency landing in the airport of Corfu on Wednesday afternoon, June 28. The plain was bound for Milan in Italy, when the pilot reported an engine failure immediately after the take-off at 7:00 p.m. from Corfu airport, website enikos.gr reported. According to state broadcaster ERT, …
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August 11, 2022
FEATURED, Very Mix
Code Renegade set Greek authorities on alert following a relevant signal by the NATO air control center in Spain (CAOC Torrejón), to intercept a civilian aircraft that was not answering calls and not talking on the radio. code Renegade is usually a distress signal that a plane has been hijacked. …
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September 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Modified Covid-19 rules concerning travel to all mainland and island destinations in Greece by airplane, train and long-distance coach (KTEL) are coming into effect on Monday, September 13, 2021. Anyone aged 12 or over will have to present either a negative PCR test taken up to 72 hours prior to …
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July 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
With a new ministerial decision, regulations for traveling to/from the Greek islands and between islands by ferry, ship or airplane have been updated. The new regulations come into force on Monday, July 5, 2021, with the aim to contain the spread of Covid-19. For traveling from mainland to islands Ferry/Ship …
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April 30, 2021
Very Mix
An El Al civilian aircraft that took off from New York for Tel Aviv was escorted back to Israeli airspace on Good Friday, April 30, after entering the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR). As the aircraft entered the Athens FIR, the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre in Torrejon, Spain alerted …
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February 15, 2020
weather
Passengers on a flight from Athens to the island of Rhodes experienced tough moments on Friday night. Due to bad weather and powerful winds, the airplane could not land at “Diagoras” airport on the island. The crew reportedly made three attempts to land, however, without success. Ultimately, the Aegean …
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November 8, 2019
Very Mix
An airplane of Egypt Air was forced to an emergency landing in Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” short before 10 o’ clock on Friday morning. The airplane sent a danger signal while it was flying in FIR Athens and over the island of Chios in the Eastern Aegean Sea. Reason …
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July 21, 2016
Politics, Turkey-GR
Greek Air Force claims that the Presidential aircraft carrying Recep Tayyip Erdogan from Marmaris to Istanbul on coup night was at no point harassed by rebels’ F-16 fighter jets or any other aircraft. High-ranking sources from the Greece’s Air Force General Staff told private Skai TV, that Greek radars were …
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March 17, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Greek police arrested a retired high ranking officer of Civil Aviation and former town mayor and four other members of a smugglers gang for illegally transporting refugees from Greece to Italy. The arrests occurred at the small airport of Mesolongi, Western Greece, while the gang was about to take off …
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October 16, 2015
Tourism, Travel
A Transavia plane made an emergency landing after smoke developed in the cockpit. The Boeing 738 flying from Paris, France to the Greek island of Crete landed at the Marco Polo airport in Venice, Italy. The plane was carrying 172 passengers and 7 crew members. The emergency landing was successful, …
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April 4, 2011
Very Mix
A Thomson Airways Boing from UK to Sharm-el-Sheik made an emergency landing in Athens airport Eleftherios Venizelos after a bomb threat. According to latest information, the passengers have been immediately boarded off the plane. The thriller in the skies occurred when the plane was in the Athens FIR and created …
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