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 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20180324/portuguese-pilot-held-in-germany-after-being-found-drunk-in-cockpit Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:18:43 +0100 portuguese-pilot-held-in-germany-after-being-found-drunk-in-cockpit A pilot who likes to draw patterns in the sky using his flight path has returned with his greatest artwork yet. https://www.thelocal.de/20161202/mystery-flight-path-artist-strikes-again Fri, 02 Dec 2016 16:04:11 +0100 mystery-flight-path-artist-strikes-again 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 70 years after the end of the Second World War, a German man has managed to uncover a war crime that he witnessed as a child and reunite the remains of an American fighter pilot with his family. https://www.thelocal.de/20150609/us-ww2-pilot-fate-uncovered-by-german-war-crime-witness Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:33:44 +0200 us-ww2-pilot-fate-uncovered-by-german-war-crime-witness Emergency services have resumed their search for a missing German pilot after a plane crash in Lake Vättern, Sweden, with authorities fearing for the man's life. https://www.thelocal.de/20140615/search-continues-for-missing-german-pilot Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:12:00 +0200 search-continues-for-missing-german-pilot A trainee pilot tried to crash a plane carrying both himself and his instructor in a suicide attempt after beating his trainer around the head with a rock, a court in eastern Germany heard on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140217/trainee-german-pilot-tried-to-crash-plane-and-kill-instructor Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:34:00 +0100 trainee-german-pilot-tried-to-crash-plane-and-kill-instructor