https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain has invited the head of Airbus to travel to Madrid next month to brief defence officials about its troubled A400M military transport plane, the defence ministry said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170226/madrid-invites-airbus-ceo-to-debrief-on-military-plane-woes Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:06:20 +0100 madrid-invites-airbus-ceo-to-debrief-on-military-plane-woes Black box analysis shows three of the four engines of the A400M suffered failure on lift-off causing the aircraft to crash killing four crew. https://www.thelocal.es/20150603/a400m-suffered-triple-engine-failure-says-airbus Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:59:22 +0200 a400m-suffered-triple-engine-failure-says-airbus Several safety protocols were allegedly ignored during the final assembly of the A400M military plane which crashed in Spain, killing four, reportedly to make up for delays in delivery. https://www.thelocal.es/20150603/safety-protocol-breaches-blamed-for-airbus-crash Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:05:38 +0200 safety-protocol-breaches-blamed-for-airbus-crash Black boxes from the A400M that crashed in Seville on May 9th confirm that there were "no structural faults". https://www.thelocal.es/20150529/airbus-au Fri, 29 May 2015 10:49:54 +0200 airbus-au Airbus on Tuesday warned of a technical bug potentially affecting the engines of its A400M that was discovered during an internal test after one of its military planes crashed in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150519/airbus-warns-of-engine-bus-after-spain-plane-crash Tue, 19 May 2015 15:43:29 +0200 airbus-warns-of-engine-bus-after-spain-plane-crash Spanish authorities on Sunday found the two cockpit recorders of the Airbus A400M military plane that crashed near Seville airport, killing four people, as Britain, Germany and Turkey grounded their models of the aircraft. https://www.thelocal.es/20150510/black-boxes-of-crashed-military-plane-found Sun, 10 May 2015 20:54:52 +0200 black-boxes-of-crashed-military-plane-found At least four people were killed when an Airbus A400M military transport plane crashed during a training flight near Seville in southern Spain on Saturday, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20150509/several-dead-in-military-plane-crash-in-spain Sat, 09 May 2015 16:37:09 +0200 several-dead-in-military-plane-crash-in-spain International Airlines Group said Monday it has finalized a deal to buy eight long-haul Airbus A330-200 aircraft worth $1.48 billion (€1.15 billion) at list prices for Spain's Iberia airlines. https://www.thelocal.es/20140922/iag-gifts-iberia-eight-new-airbus-jets Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:14:00 +0200 iag-gifts-iberia-eight-new-airbus-jets