Category - Travel Alerts

20
Sep

Italy: strike update: Sept 22 strike confirmed by Alitalia and Alitalia Cityliner

STRIKE UPDATE – Pilots and cabin crew with Alitalita and Alitalia Cityliner confirm countrywide strike for September 22. Reconfirm flight status. http://scioperi.mit.gov.it/mit2/public/scioperi  

16
Sep

Argentina: Aerolineas Pilot strike today

Aerolíneas Pilots’ Strike Causes Air Travel Chaos A surprise strike by pilots at state-owned airline Aerolíneas Argentinas and sister company Austral is causing severe travel disruption today. The strike action – motivated by a dispute over wages – was decided yesterday evening by the Association of Airline Pilots (ALPA) and is expected to continue until […]

15
Sep

Chicago: Hazmat situation at Madison and Wabash: resolved: no injuries

Fire crews responded to a Hazmat situation in downtown Chicago Thursday morning.   Chicago Fire Media reported a construction crew hit a gas line near Madison and Wabash, prompting a level one Hazmat response around 11 a.m.   Officials said gas was escaping fire department monitoring buildings and air intake systems were being shut down. […]

15
Sep

Typhoon Meranti: hits China but losing strength

Typhoon slams into China, but losing strength   BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday, bringing strong winds and lashing rain and cutting power, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.   The storm, registered as a super typhoon before losing strength after sweeping southern Taiwan, made landfall […]

15
Sep

Taiwan and Japan: Typhoon Malakas

Typhoon Malakas will bring new hazards to Taiwan late this week before threatening to flood Japan next week.   Typhoon Malakas will spare the areas hit hardest by once-Super Typhoon Meranti. Instead, Malakas will take a track farther to the north, passing extremely close to or in between Taiwan and Japan’s southernmost Ryukyu Islands.   […]

15
Sep

France: Provence: train-truck crash injures 25

According to the BFMTV television channel, the accident took place near a level crossing in the city of Aix-en-Provence in the Bouches-du-Rhone department. The TER railway firm train was on the line between Briancon and Marseille when the crash occurred.   Fifty rescuers have reportedly been deployed to the scene. According to a rescue services […]