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 Polish police said Monday they were investigating a fake bomb threat that forced a Ryanair passenger plane travelling from Dublin to Krakow to make an emergency landing in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20210531/ryanair-passenger-jet-makes-emergency-landing-in-berlin Mon, 31 May 2021 11:17:40 +0200 ryanair-passenger-jet-makes-emergency-landing-in-berlin Eight people were injured, one woman seriously, during turbulence just before a plane landing at Berlin’s Tegel Airport. https://www.thelocal.de/20190910/eight-people-injured-during-eurowings-flight-to-berlin Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:17:49 +0200 eight-people-injured-during-eurowings-flight-to-berlin German government planes have been hit by a series of defects in recent months. But this time the problem is not down to the plane itself. https://www.thelocal.de/20190514/car-rams-into-merkels-government-plane Tue, 14 May 2019 10:56:00 +0200 car-rams-into-merkels-government-plane A German government plane was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing at a Berlin airport shortly after taking off, resulting in chaos for air passengers. https://www.thelocal.de/20190416/passengers-face-delays-after-government-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-berlin Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:15:46 +0200 passengers-face-delays-after-government-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-berlin A plane crashed in Germany on Sunday killing three people, police said. One of Russia's richest women was identified by the company she co-owns as among the victims. https://www.thelocal.de/20190401/double-tragedy-after-deadly-plane-and-car-crash-south-of-frankfurt Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:06:12 +0200 double-tragedy-after-deadly-plane-and-car-crash-south-of-frankfurt Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to arrive in Buenos Aires on Friday evening, far later than planned but still in time to attend a G20 dinner after "serious" technical problems forced her plane to make an emergency landing, prompting questions of sabotage. https://www.thelocal.de/20181130/no-indication-of-a-criminal-act-merkel-set-for-late-g20-arrival-after-serious-plane-malfunction Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:07:50 +0100 no-indication-of-a-criminal-act-merkel-set-for-late-g20-arrival-after-serious-plane-malfunction German Chancellor Angela Merkel was expected to fly out to the G20 summit in Argentina on Friday after her original flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Cologne due to a technical problem. https://www.thelocal.de/20181130/bumpy-start-to-g20-summit-for-merkel-af Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:35:33 +0100 bumpy-start-to-g20-summit-for-merkel-af 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.de/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 Three people were killed and several injured when a light aircraft crashed into a group of onlookers in Germany on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20181014/three-killed-as-light-aircraft-hits-onlookers-in-germany Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:37:52 +0200 three-killed-as-light-aircraft-hits-onlookers-in-germany Rescue teams struggled to access the site of the plane crash as heavy snow fell throughout Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.de/20171215/three-die-as-small-plane-crashes-in-bad-weather-in-southern-germany Fri, 15 Dec 2017 10:44:02 +0100 three-die-as-small-plane-crashes-in-bad-weather-in-southern-germany Three German nationals died when the small plane they were travelling in crashed in southern Spain at the weekend, authorities said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170501/three-germans-die-in-spain-plane-crash Mon, 01 May 2017 16:15:58 +0200 three-germans-die-in-spain-plane-crash For the first time in Germany, an airplane has had a collision with a wind turbine. The crash was tragically fatal for the pilot. https://www.thelocal.de/20170202/propeller-plane-crashes-into-wind-turbine-killing-pilot Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:21:24 +0100 propeller-plane-crashes-into-wind-turbine-killing-pilot Four Germans were killed in Slovenia on Thursday when their small plane crashed, local police said, with internet millionaire Thomas Wagner confirmed as being among them. https://www.thelocal.de/20160715/german-tech-millionaire-dies-in-slovenia-plane-crash Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:03:56 +0200 german-tech-millionaire-dies-in-slovenia-plane-crash Police in Munich received an anonymous email on Sunday afternoon warning them there was a bomb on a flight between Munich and Hamburg. https://www.thelocal.de/20160620/bomb-threat-on-hamburg-flight-isis-terrorism-security Mon, 20 Jun 2016 10:57:16 +0200 bomb-threat-on-hamburg-flight-isis-terrorism-security 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 When a private jet crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, an Iraqi veterinarian living in a nearby refugee shelter ran to the rescue - dressed only in boxer shorts and a T-shirt. https://www.thelocal.de/20160311/half-dressed-iraqi-vet-pulls-injured-from-plane-wreckage Fri, 11 Mar 2016 09:56:47 +0100 half-dressed-iraqi-vet-pulls-injured-from-plane-wreckage 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 UPDATED: A flight from Berlin to Hurghada, Egypt was forced to land early in Budapest after receiving a bomb threat, but no explosives have been found on board. https://www.thelocal.de/20151207/plane-from-berlin-to-egypt-lands-after-bomb-threat Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:36:00 +0100 plane-from-berlin-to-egypt-lands-after-bomb-threat Updated: German airline Lufthansa said it will cancel 290 flights later Friday, the first day of a planned week of walkouts by cabin staff in a long-running dispute over cost-saving measures. https://www.thelocal.de/20151106/lufthansa-strikes-to-hit-frankfurt-and-dsseldorf Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:48:49 +0100 lufthansa-strikes-to-hit-frankfurt-and-dsseldorf An Air Berlin flight from Düsseldorf to the Greek island of Kos was forced to make an unexpected landing in Munich on Monday when it turned out that the plane had a hole in its wing. https://www.thelocal.de/20150922/air-berlin-flight-forced-down-after-wing-holed Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:27:03 +0200 air-berlin-flight-forced-down-after-wing-holed