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 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 The Solar Impulse 2 left southern Spain on Monday on its way to Egypt for the penultimate leg of the solar-powered airplane's landmark round-the-world journey. https://www.thelocal.es/20160711/solar-plane-leaves-spain-for-penultimate-leg-of-world-tour Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:49:30 +0200 solar-plane-leaves-spain-for-penultimate-leg-of-world-tour A Spanish man has been arrested at Cologne-Bonn airport after a security alert forced police to evacuate all passengers. https://www.thelocal.es/20160530/confused-spaniard-causes-shut-down-at-cologne-airport Mon, 30 May 2016 16:59:51 +0200 confused-spaniard-causes-shut-down-at-cologne-airport 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 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 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 The Spanish Prime Minister has praised the agricultural workers who dragged the survivors from the burning wreckage as military transport planes were temporarily grounded. https://www.thelocal.es/20150511/military-planes-grounded-after-seville-crash Mon, 11 May 2015 10:48:44 +0200 military-planes-grounded-after-seville-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 Some 1,500 people attended a memorial service Monday at Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia Cathedral, and paid homage to the 150 people killed in last month's Germanwings plane crash. https://www.thelocal.es/20150428/ermanwings-victims-remembered-in-barcelona-memorial-service Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:42:44 +0200 ermanwings-victims-remembered-in-barcelona-memorial-service A video filmed secretly by a passenger shows Spanish police beating up a man being deported against his will from Madrid to the Dominican Republic. https://www.thelocal.es/20150424/shocking-video-of-police-beating-deportee Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:52:05 +0200 shocking-video-of-police-beating-deportee A state-owned plane carrying Prince Felipe and members of the Spanish Government was forced to make an emergency landing in the Dominican Republic on Sunday after pilots reported an oil leak on board. https://www.thelocal.es/20140127/spains-faulty-air-force-one-makes-second-emergency-landing Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:23:00 +0100 spains-faulty-air-force-one-makes-second-emergency-landing Madrid's Barajas airport was among the ten most punctual in the world in November with only Munich performing better in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20131216/madrid-airport-makes-world-punctuality-top-10 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 17:59:00 +0100 madrid-airport-makes-world-punctuality-top-10 A plane landing at Spain's infamous Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife skidded off the runway on Wednesday night as its wheels struggled to brake due to the amount of rainfall on the landing strip. https://www.thelocal.es/20131212/heavy-storm-forces-scary-landing-at-tenerife-airport Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:57:00 +0100 heavy-storm-forces-scary-landing-at-tenerife-airport Passengers on board a Delta Airlines plane at Madrid's Barajas airport were given a fright on Thursday morning after technical problems forced the aircraft's pilots to carry out an emergency landing minutes after take-off. https://www.thelocal.es/20131205/nyc-flight-forced-to-land-in-madrid Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:33:00 +0100 nyc-flight-forced-to-land-in-madrid