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Portuguese pilot held in Germany after being found drunk in cockpit

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:18:43 +0100

The co-pilot of a Portuguese airline was detained in Stuttgart after being found drunk in the cockpit just before take-off, German police and prosecutors said Saturday.

Passenger quaffs fine wine blocked by Frankfurt airport security, lands huge fine

Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:05:01 +0100

A pensioner’s trip to Thailand was ruined last week when he decided to drink two bottles of wine which didn’t get through a security check at Frankfurt Airport.

Police in Bavaria called out to deal with drunk and disorderly racoon

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:13:01 +0200

What was at first thought to be a dying animal on Friday morning in northern Bavaria, turned out to be just a tipsy raccoon.

Man seriously injured by combine harvester after taking drunk nap in field

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:27:19 +0200

A 39-year-old man was badly wounded by the blades of a combine harvester after he fell asleep in a field on Friday evening.

Drunk driving teacher busted after pupil crashes car into house

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:23:35 +0100

A driving teacher failed to stop a crash during a lesson because he was too drunk to brake in time.

Drunk woman applies for police, loses driving license

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:17:37 +0100

Being under the influence is apparently not something German police are looking for in a candidate.

Unlicensed, uninsured and drunk man smashes cop car

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:31:52 +0100

A 50-year-old in southern Germany woke up in hospital on Monday with a head made sore by more than just the car crash he caused.

Drunk man dies trying to cross Autobahn on foot

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:58:18 +0100

When two drunk men tried to cross over the motorway by foot looking for a place with liquor, one of them was hit by a car and died.

Drunken British stag party kicked off plane in Berlin

Sun, 28 Feb 2016 14:27:14 +0100

A British stag party ended abruptly when a Ryanair pilot diverted a flight to Berlin, where German police temporarily took into custody six young men and levelled misdemeanour charges, according to an AFP report.

Mother saves drunk son from freezing to death

Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:25:00 +0100

A worried mother in Bavaria rescued her drunk teenage son from freezing to death on Tuesday night after he fell asleep in a snow-covered ditch in temperatures of minus 10 degrees.

Boozy cyclist slapped with 15-year bike ban

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:50:00 +0100

A university student has been banned from riding his bike for a whopping 15 years after police caught him pedalling blind drunk through the streets of his home town of Gießen, Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday.

Man run over by two trains escapes with scrapes and bruises

Fri, 15 May 2009 16:35:00 +0200

A drunk man who bunked down for a night’s sleep in a railyard near Erfurt narrowly escaped it being his last. After being run over by two trains he walked away with minor scratches.

Drunk in Cologne dials emergency to 'save the world'

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:21:00 +0200

Police in Cologne said they had to drag a 60-year-old intoxicated man from a public telephone booth after he dialled emergency services more than 30 times to “save the world.”