https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An Austrian Airlines plane flying from Vienna to Frankfurt had to turn back shortly after take-off due to smoke in the cockpit, the carrier said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20181120/plane-flying-from-vienna-to-frankfurt-turns-back-due-to-smoke-in-cockpit Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:49:51 +0100 plane-flying-from-vienna-to-frankfurt-turns-back-due-to-smoke-in-cockpit An Air Austrian flight from Basel to Vienna was diverted to Salzburg when it suffered an in-flight emergency after one of its two engines failed in mid-flight. https://www.thelocal.at/20161211/engine-failed-on-flight-to-vienna Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:22:07 +0100 engine-failed-on-flight-to-vienna Four people survived after the small propeller plane they were travelling on in Austria crashed and burst into flames as it hit the ground. https://www.thelocal.at/20160711/four-survive-plane-crash-in-austria Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:59:36 +0200 four-survive-plane-crash-in-austria An Austrian pilot performing stunts at an air show in Carinthia has died after losing control of his aeroplane and crashing in front of spectators. https://www.thelocal.at/20150831/pilot-dies-in-air-show-crash-in-austria Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:01:57 +0200 pilot-dies-in-air-show-crash-in-austria A light aircraft crashed into the roof of an agricultural college on Wednesday in the north of Klagenfurt. The 56-year-old pilot and his 41-year-old passenger both died at the crash site. https://www.thelocal.at/20150319/two-dead-after-light-aircraft-crash-in-klagenfurt Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:42:41 +0100 two-dead-after-light-aircraft-crash-in-klagenfurt A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said. https://www.thelocal.at/20141128/hijack-alert-sees-turkish-planes-jet-escort Fri, 28 Nov 2014 23:54:00 +0100 hijack-alert-sees-turkish-planes-jet-escort A narrow-body twin-engined Fokker 70 belonging to Austrian Airlines (AUA) was forced to make an emergency landing back at Vienna's international airport on Wednesday due to an on-board computer failure. https://www.thelocal.at/20141024/little-fokker-made-emergency-landing Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:22:00 +0200 little-fokker-made-emergency-landing A 28-year-old Carinthian man triggered alarm at Klagenfurt airport on Wednesday after making an unauthorised low pass in a power glider over restricted airspace. https://www.thelocal.at/20140718/low-flying-airplane-causes-alarm-in-klagenfurt Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:50:00 +0200 low-flying-airplane-causes-alarm-in-klagenfurt The owner of Schloss Steyregg, a castle near Linz, made a curious discovery in the undergrowth near his castle earlier in the week, when he found what turned out to be a wheel from a Boeing 747. https://www.thelocal.at/20140715/boeing-747-loses-wheel-above-linz Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:55:00 +0200 boeing-747-loses-wheel-above-linz