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 An F18 fighter jet crashed on takeoff at a military base near Madrid on Tuesday, killing the pilot -- the second time a military plane has come down in Spain in a week. https://www.thelocal.es/20171017/pilot-dies-in-f18-military-plane-crash-near-madrid Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:36:12 +0200 pilot-dies-in-f18-military-plane-crash-near-madrid A pilot died when a Spanish military plane crashed on Thursday after taking part in a display in Madrid for Spain's National Day. https://www.thelocal.es/20171012/spanish-pilot-dies-in-crash-following-national-day-parade Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:05:31 +0200 spanish-pilot-dies-in-crash-following-national-day-parade A pilot believed to be from Spain was on board a cargo plane that crashed in a remote area en route from Sweden to Norway, the aircraft’s operator has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.es/20160108/fears-for-spanish-pilot-as-cargo-plane-crashes-in-lapland Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:26:22 +0100 fears-for-spanish-pilot-as-cargo-plane-crashes-in-lapland Europe's aviation watchdog recommended changes on Friday, including that two people be present in plane cockpits at all times, after a lone rogue pilot reportedly deliberately crashed a Germanwings jet in March, killing all 150 people on board. https://www.thelocal.es/20150717/eu-watchdog-urges-changes-after-plane-crash Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:09:07 +0200 eu-watchdog-urges-changes-after-plane-crash The military aricraft will take to the skies during the Paris airshow next week, confirmed Airbus, just over a month after one of the planes crashed outside Seville after a massive engine failure. https://www.thelocal.es/20150610/a400m-to-fly-again-six-weeks-after-fatal-crash Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:22:46 +0200 a400m-to-fly-again-six-weeks-after-fatal-crash Investigators have identified the remains of all 150 people aboard a Germanwings flight that was deliberately crashed into the French Alps, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, allowing them finally to be laid to rest. https://www.thelocal.es/20150520/all-150-germanwings-crash-victims-identified Wed, 20 May 2015 10:08:11 +0200 all-150-germanwings-crash-victims-identified 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 A memorial mass was held for the four victims of the Airbus A400M military transporter plane which crashed last Saturday during a test flight. https://www.thelocal.es/20150513/funeral-held-in-seville-for-miltary-plane-victims Wed, 13 May 2015 10:43:18 +0200 funeral-held-in-seville-for-miltary-plane-victims 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 The co-pilot who is believed to have deliberately crashed a Germanwings jet in the French Alps may have "rehearsed" steering the plane into a rapid descent on an earlier flight, Bild reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150506/crash-co-pilot-tested-dive-on-trip-out Wed, 06 May 2015 10:08:44 +0200 crash-co-pilot-tested-dive-on-trip-out Six tourists including two from Spain and their local pilot were killed on Monday when their small plane crashed into a golf course after takeoff from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20150421/spanish-and-british-tourists-killed-in-dom-republic-plane-crash Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:53:05 +0200 spanish-and-british-tourists-killed-in-dom-republic-plane-crash Hundreds of bereaved relatives and world leaders gathered in Cologne on Friday for a memorial service for the victims of last month's Germanwings crash. https://www.thelocal.es/20150417/service-to-mourn-victims-of-germanwings-crash Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:26:18 +0200 service-to-mourn-victims-of-germanwings-crash The second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week has been found after a nine-day search, prosecutors in France said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150402/second-black Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:17:43 +0200 second-black Insurers are setting aside €279 million in provisions for the air crash in the French Alps that killed 150 people, German airline Lufthansa said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150331/germanwings-crash-4u9525-insurers-plan-279m-payout Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:29:00 +0200 germanwings-crash-4u9525-insurers-plan-279m-payout Andreas Lubitz, the 27-year-old co-pilot believed to have deliberately downed the Germanwings plane in the French Alps last week had demonstrated suicidal tendencies in the past, but not in recent years German prosecutors said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150330/co-pilot-pof-doomed-jet-had-shown-suicidal-tendancies Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:37:21 +0200 co-pilot-pof-doomed-jet-had-shown-suicidal-tendancies Update: Police said they had no "smoking gun" after a search of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's home, after tabloid Bild reported on Friday that Lubitz received treatment for a “serious depressive episode” during a break in his training six years ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20150327/germanwings-4u9252co-pilot-had-serious-depressive-episode Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:47:50 +0100 germanwings-4u9252co-pilot-had-serious-depressive-episode UPDATED: The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings plane refused to open the cockpit door and seemed to "want to destroy the plane", a French prosecutor has said. DPA reported police are investigating his home. https://www.thelocal.es/20150326/pilot-locked-out-of-cockpit-before-germanwings-crash Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:14:17 +0100 pilot-locked-out-of-cockpit-before-germanwings-crash The discovery that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight is suspected of deliberately crashing the plane will inevitably raise questions about security on airplanes, but is it really possible to prevent a pilot from committing mass murder-suicide? https://www.thelocal.es/20150326/germanwings-pilot-andreas-lubitz-security-suicide-murder-questions Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:13:43 +0100 germanwings-pilot-andreas-lubitz-security-suicide-murder-questions Claudia Vásquez was meant to be on board doomed Germanwings flight 4U9525 but a twist of fate meant that she is alive today. https://www.thelocal.es/20150326/woman-on-passenger-lists-lucky-escape Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:52:50 +0100 woman-on-passenger-lists-lucky-escape French air investigators confirmed on Wednesday that they have succeeded in extracting a "usable" audio file from the cockpit recorder in which voices can be heard. https://www.thelocal.es/20150325/germanwings-black-box-damaged-in-alps-crash Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:31:07 +0100 germanwings-black-box-damaged-in-alps-crash