https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Cabin crew at Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings began a planned three-day strike Monday, with their union warning the industrial dispute could last longer. https://www.thelocal.de/20191230/cabin-crew-could-prolong-walkout-at Mon, 30 Dec 2019 10:26:29 +0100 cabin-crew-could-prolong-walkout-at Cabin crew at four Lufthansa subsidiary airlines staged a day-long strike Sunday, causing dozens of cancellations at German airports in a battle for better pay and conditions. https://www.thelocal.de/20191020/cabin-crew-strike-grounds-flights-across-german-airports Sun, 20 Oct 2019 18:06:50 +0200 cabin-crew-strike-grounds-flights-across-german-airports The father of the Germanwings co-pilot, who prosecutors concluded crashed a plane in the French Alps in 2015, claims his son is innocent. Does he have a case? https://www.thelocal.de/20170324/are-there-holes-in-the-official-germanwings-crash-story Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:25:49 +0100 are-there-holes-in-the-official-germanwings-crash-story Two years to the day after the deadly Germanwings crash in the French Alps, the father of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz will hold a press conference Friday to dispute that his son deliberately downed the plane. https://www.thelocal.de/20170324/co-pilot-didnt-crash-germanwings-plane-on-purpose-father-claims Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:00:19 +0100 co-pilot-didnt-crash-germanwings-plane-on-purpose-father-claims The father of a Germanwings co-pilot whose plane slammed into the Alps in 2015 is trying to prove his son did not crash the jet deliberately, sparking anger among victims' families. https://www.thelocal.de/20170321/germanwings-victims-families-slam-push-to-absolve-co-pilot Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:58:02 +0100 germanwings-victims-families-slam-push-to-absolve-co-pilot A flight from Hamburg to Stockholm had to turn back on Sunday evening and crew members were taken to hospital due to a mysterious smell. https://www.thelocal.de/20170130/three-brought-to-hospital-after-mysterious-smell-on-germanwings-flight Mon, 30 Jan 2017 12:30:19 +0100 three-brought-to-hospital-after-mysterious-smell-on-germanwings-flight German prosecutors said on Monday that they had closed a criminal probe into the Germanwings plane crash in March 2015 after concluding that the suicidal co-pilot bore sole responsibility for the disaster that killed all on board. https://www.thelocal.de/20170109/probe-into-germanwings-crash-finds-suicidal-pilot-solely-responsible Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:43:30 +0100 probe-into-germanwings-crash-finds-suicidal-pilot-solely-responsible A German court on Wednesday gave a woman a year's suspended jail sentence for posing as the cousin of a victim in last year's Germanwings plane crash and obtaining compensation offered by the airline. https://www.thelocal.de/20161026/fake-germanwings-victim-relative-convicted-in-germany Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:05:59 +0200 fake-germanwings-victim-relative-convicted-in-germany A union representing cabin crew for Lufthansa's budget airline Eurowings announced that strikes could take place at any time over the next two weeks, starting on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161020/eurowings-braces-as-cabin-crew-union-proclaims-strike Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:15:01 +0200 eurowings-braces-as-cabin-crew-union-proclaims-strike A Germanwings flight from Dresden to Düsseldorf was forced into an emergency landing on Monday evening after smoke appeared in the cockpit. https://www.thelocal.de/20160517/smoke-in-cockpit-forces-emergency-landing Tue, 17 May 2016 11:09:02 +0200 smoke-in-cockpit-forces-emergency-landing Relatives whose loved ones died last year when a Germanwings pilot deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps filed a wrongful death suit on Wednesday against the US flight school that trained him. https://www.thelocal.de/20160414/families-of-germanwings-crash-victims-sue-suicide-pilots-us-school Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:51:59 +0200 families-of-germanwings-crash-victims-sue-suicide-pilots-us-school Families of the victims of last year's Germanwings crash deliberately caused by a suicidal co-pilot expressed outrage on Monday after his parents placed a heartfelt newspaper announcement in his memory. https://www.thelocal.de/20160404/families-outraged-at-tribute-to-suicidal-germanwings-copilot Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:34:03 +0200 families-outraged-at-tribute-to-suicidal-germanwings-copilot A year after the Germanwings plane crash caused by a suicidal co-pilot, French investigators are still wrestling with a complex manslaughter probe involving interested parties from some 20 countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20160325/germanwings-probe Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:28:16 +0100 germanwings-probe Six hundred people will gather in a tiny village in the French Alps Thursday to mark one year since their loved ones died when a Germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashed his plane into the mountainside. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/families-mourn-victims-of-germanwings-4u2925 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:26:32 +0100 families-mourn-victims-of-germanwings-4u2925 The grief of families who lost loved ones when a suicidal co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into the French Alps has long turned to anger, a year after the tragedy that claimed 150 lives. https://www.thelocal.de/20160320/grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:35:20 +0100 grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit The French probe into the Germanwings plane crashed into a mountainside by the co-pilot said Sunday "clearer rules" are required on when medical confidentiality can be lifted if pilots are found to have psychological issues. https://www.thelocal.de/20160313/lift-confidentiality-for-mentally-ill-pilots-germanwings-probe Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:22:52 +0100 lift-confidentiality-for-mentally-ill-pilots-germanwings-probe As the one year anniversary of the Germanwings disaster approaches, the German school which lost 16 students is hoping another language exchange can help to heal the wounds. https://www.thelocal.de/20160302/spanish-exchange-to-go-ahead-a-year-after-germanwings-crash Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:03:36 +0100 spanish-exchange-to-go-ahead-a-year-after-germanwings-crash Germany will step up surprise tests for airline pilots to detect medications and drugs nearly a year after a Germanwings co-pilot suffering from depression deliberately crashed his plane, the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160220/german-airlines-to-up-medical-testing-after-germanwings-crash Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:44:57 +0100 german-airlines-to-up-medical-testing-after-germanwings-crash Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the town of Haltern am See on Tuesday to mourn with the parents and other relatives of the sixteen schoolchildren and two teachers killed in the Germanwings plane crash in March. https://www.thelocal.de/20151020/merkel-mourns-with-alps-plane-crash-school Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:12:27 +0200 merkel-mourns-with-alps-plane-crash-school Lufthansa won a temporary injunction Wednesday against a pilots' strike, but the German airline said 1,000 scheduled flights would nevertheless remain cancelled and 140,000 passengers grounded before normal service resumes on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150909/court-stops-lufthansa-pilot-strike Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:56:46 +0200 court-stops-lufthansa-pilot-strike