Category - Travel Alerts

13
Apr

New Guinea: Papua-Plane crash killing 12 people

A PLANE crash which has left twelve people dead in Papua New Guinea is being investigated by DFAT to see if any Australians may have been on board. The crash happened about 3pm this afternoon near an airport in Kiunga. There are reports the pilot may have been Australian. A DFAT spokesman said they were […]

13
Apr

Belgium: BRU: Update-2nd day of ATC strike

About 50 flights from Brussels Airport, which reopened this month after a deadly bomb attack, were canceled on Wednesday as a strike among air traffic controllers entered a second day. Brussels Airport, one of Europe’s busiest, reopened on April 3 with limited capacity, restricted by tight security and temporary structures erected after bombs destroyed the departure […]

12
Apr

Belgium: BRU closed due to ATC Labour dispute

All flights in and out of Brussels Airport have been temporarily suspended after air-traffic controllers walked off the job in a pension dispute just days after the hub resumed serving flights after the fatal terrorist attacks last month. Flights at other airports in Belgium have also been impacted by the labor dispute, said a spokesman […]

12
Apr

Netherlands: GRQ closed temporarily due to emergency landing

An airplane made an emergency landing at Groningen Airport Eelde on Tuesday morning after the pilots noticed smoke in the cabin. The plane landed safely and all passengers were evacuated. Emergency services from Haren, Eelde, Groningen, Assen and Vries responded to the site en masse, AD reports. The situation was escalated to a Grip 2. […]

11
Apr

Turkey: US Govt travel warning

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of State has issued a warning for travel to Turkey, based on increased threats from terrorist groups throughout Turkey and including a caution to U.S. citizens to avoid travel to southeastern Turkey. “Foreign and U.S. tourists have been explicitly targeted by international and indigenous terrorist organizations.  U.S. citizens are reminded […]

8
Apr

Rome: Colosseum: security measures: wait times

Please be advised that due to new mandatory security regulations every visitor must wait in a security line prior to entering the Colosseum. For safety reasons the Colosseum can accommodate a maximum of 3,000 people at once and every visitor must pass through a metal detector. The Colosseum previously instituted security changes disallowing all large backpacks, […]