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 A Spanish military plane crashed on Monday off the southeastern coast and the pilot was killed. https://www.thelocal.es/20190826/pilot-search-as-spain-military-plane-crashes-at-sea Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:58:26 +0200 pilot-search-as-spain-military-plane-crashes-at-sea Seven people including two children were killed in a mid-air collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft over Spain's Mallorca island on Sunday, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190826/seven-dead-in-mid-air-collision-in-mallorca Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:39:13 +0200 seven-dead-in-mid-air-collision-in-mallorca One person was killed and six injured on Tuesday after a commuter train derailed near Barcelona due to a landslide caused by heavy rains, emergency services and Spain's rail operator said. https://www.thelocal.es/20181120/one-dead-after-landlside-derails-train-in-catalonia Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:42:41 +0100 one-dead-after-landlside-derails-train-in-catalonia At least five people died and more than a dozen others were injured on Monday when a bus crashed into the pillar of a viaduct in northern Spain, emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180903/at-least Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:45:44 +0200 at-least Two young Spanish women returning from a hen party in Dubai are among the 11 people on board a private Turkish plane that crashed in Iran during a snowstorm on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180312/two-spanish-women-among-dead-in-iran-hen-party-plane-crash Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:14:52 +0100 two-spanish-women-among-dead-in-iran-hen-party-plane-crash 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.es/20170501/three-germans-die-in-spain-plane-crash Mon, 01 May 2017 16:15:58 +0200 three-germans-die-in-spain-plane-crash British champion sprinters James Ellington and Nigel Levine survived a motorcycle accident in Tenerife while touring the island on a break from a training camp on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.es/20170119/british-sprinters-truly-blessed-to-be-alive-after-crash-horror-on-tenerife Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:02:13 +0100 british-sprinters-truly-blessed-to-be-alive-after-crash-horror-on-tenerife At least 24 people, most of them tourists, were injured early on Wednesday when a coach crashed in Barcelona on its way to the airport, the emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160914/tourist-bus-crashes-in-barcelona Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:53:40 +0200 tourist-bus-crashes-in-barcelona The train that derailed and killed four people in Spain was travelling at 118 kilometres per hour, a court said on Tuesday based on information from its black boxes, on a track that allowed just 30 km / ph. https://www.thelocal.es/20160914/black-boxes-show-spanish-crash-train-going-four-times-speed-limit Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:09:11 +0200 black-boxes-show-spanish-crash-train-going-four-times-speed-limit Two people died and 46 others were injured on Sunday after a bus carrying mostly foreigners rammed into a broken down truck in southern Spain, police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160605/two-dead-46-injured-in-spain-bus-crash Sun, 05 Jun 2016 15:31:25 +0200 two-dead-46-injured-in-spain-bus-crash Five young Frenchmen and two foreign restaurant workers were killed on Saturday when two cars collided on a highway near Figueres in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160402/seven-killed-in-catalonia-car-crash Sat, 02 Apr 2016 18:19:07 +0200 seven-killed-in-catalonia-car-crash UPDATED: Thirteen people were killed and 43 injured on Sunday when a bus carrying foreign students crashed in northeastern Spain, regional authorities in Catalonia said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160320/14-killed-as-bus-carrying-foreign-students-crashes-in-spain Sun, 20 Mar 2016 14:31:53 +0100 14-killed-as-bus-carrying-foreign-students-crashes-in-spain 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.es/20160320/grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:35:20 +0100 grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit 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.es/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 Searchers have found the cabin of a Spanish military helicopter that crashed in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa with three crew members on board. https://www.thelocal.es/20151029/cabin-of-crashed-spanish-military-helicopter-found Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:03:59 +0100 cabin-of-crashed-spanish-military-helicopter-found A woman with no flying experience at all was forced to land the ultralight aircraft on Sunday after her pilot husband lost consciousness, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20150824/passenger-crash-lands-plane-in-spain-after-pilot-blacks-out Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:52:00 +0200 passenger-crash-lands-plane-in-spain-after-pilot-blacks-out French prosecutors on Monday charged a Spanish coach driver with reckless endangerment after he drove the vehicle under a low bridge, causing the roof to be shorn off and seriously injuring six passengers. https://www.thelocal.es/20150728/france-charges-spanish-coach-crash-driver Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:22:43 +0200 france-charges-spanish-coach-crash-driver Families of Germans killed in the crash of a Germanwings jet in the French Alps have turned down the airline's compensation offer, demanding a higher amount of at least €100,000, their lawyer said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150719/victim-families-want-higher-compensation Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:33:10 +0200 victim-families-want-higher-compensation Tragedy struck the European Balloon Festival in Spain on Sunday, when a balloon pilot died while saving the rest of his passengers during a crash. https://www.thelocal.es/20150713/one-dead-six-injured-in-hot-air-balloon-accident Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:08:01 +0200 one-dead-six-injured-in-hot-air-balloon-accident The co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 had seen "dozens" of doctors in the two years before, state prosecutors said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150608/germanwings-co-pilot-saw-dozens-of-doctors Mon, 08 Jun 2015 19:28:37 +0200 germanwings-co-pilot-saw-dozens-of-doctors