The three suspects are a former director of the Belarusian Air Navigation Agency; the head of the air traffic control shift at the time; and the head of Lukashenko’s secret service. Once European-wide warrants are issued, Polish prosecutors will also ask Interpol to put out a so-called red notice. By inventing a non-existent bomb threat … Read more
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening, French media reported. Durov was taken into custody under a French arrest warrant as he got off his private jet after a flight from Azerbaijan, TF1 TV and BFM TV reported, citing people … Read more
By LAURIE KELLMAN SINTRA, Portugal — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as … Read more
CrowdStrike itself also issued a warning in a blog post on Saturday about actors trying to capitalize on the situation to “distribute” a malicious ZIP file. The campaign was “likely targeting” CrowdStrike customers in Latin America, it said. The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Center already warned on Friday that “opportunistic malicious actors seek to take … Read more
“It is hard to estimate how long recovery will take,” said Ciaran Martin, professor of practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the Blavatnik School of Government. “Some industries can recovery quickly. But others like aviation will have long backlogs.” Users took to social media as of Friday morning to report “blue screens of … Read more
The UK is home to more than 40 airports, some of which are among the busiest in Europe. London alone is serviced by six major international airports and is part of a wider total of 17 in England, Wales and Scotland. When it comes to the worst-performing terminals, however, some of the big names are … Read more
“I think if the [European] Parliament got any idea that it was a political decision in order to help the president-elect to get the support of Italy, Parliament would be furious and that could cause gigantic problems for the president,” Vestager told a Thursday press conference. “I find it a bit difficult to understand how … Read more
“Panic and fear, that is what these people are counting on in the first instance. But they won’t get that from Dagestanis,” he added, calling on residents to stay calm. Footage on social media showed men holding automatic rifles, and flames and plumes of smoke rising from buildings, supposedly in Derbent, a city on the … Read more
A major UK airport who has been scrambling to deal with an influx of frustrated passengers has made urgent changes. Holidaymakers flying out of Birmingam Airport were plagued with hours of queuing after a security rule change backfired last week. The £60m investment to upgrade its security desks with hi-tech scanners, known as Next Generation … Read more
Denver International Airport’s longest-ever flight — a nonstop leg from Denver to Istanbul — will take to the skies for the first time Tuesday evening. The new Turkish Airlines flight will carry Colorado travelers 6,130 miles to Istanbul, marking the longest flight in DIA history, airport officials announced in April. The flight will take about … Read more
