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Nigeria And the United States Sign Agreement on Use of Air Marshals for Flight Safety
Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States (US) government on training and deployment of air marshals on board aircraft to provide security as promised in the wake of the attempted bombing of a US airliner by a Nigerian on...
Two More Nigerians Arrested in Connection with December’s Failed Airliner Bombing
Two more Nigerians have been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the botched bombing of a United States Delta airline by a 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdul-Mutallab, who is currently undergoing trial in the US. The Nigerian External Affairs...
Drunk Passenger Forces Lufthansa Airliner to Make an Emergency Landing
A drunk passenger has caused a Lufthansa airliner en route from Munich to Tokyo to make an emergency landing in Russia’s Far East city early on Saturday.
U.K. Government Announce Backing for Bombardier’s Belfast Aircraft Program
Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward and Business Secretary John Hutton have welcomed Bombardier’s investment of more than £500 million in Northern Ireland that will see Belfast design and manufacture the wings for the aerospace company’s...
Venezuela Slams US in UN Terrorism Debate – Political Opinion
Venezuela’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Aura Rodriguez de Ortiz, slammed the U.S. government’s “double standard” on combating terrorism during a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, for its failure to prosecute former CIA...
Israel to Install Missile Defense Systems on Airliners
Israel has announced plans to begin fitting missile defense systems to airliners within weeks. The systems will emit flares designed to confuse the guidance systems on heat-seeking missiles, and greatest priority will go to adding the equipment –...
