https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A year after the Germanwings plane crash caused by a suicidal co-pilot, French investigators are still wrestling with a complex manslaughter probe involving interested parties from some 20 countries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160325/germanwings-probe Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:28:16 +0100 germanwings-probe Six hundred people will gather in a tiny village in the French Alps Thursday to mark one year since their loved ones died when a Germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashed his plane into the mountainside. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160324/grieving-families-return-to-germanwings-crash-site-in-french-alps Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:04:35 +0100 grieving-families-return-to-germanwings-crash-site-in-french-alps 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.fr/20160320/grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:35:20 +0100 grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit The French probe into the Germanwings plane crashed into a mountainside by the co-pilot said Sunday "clearer rules" are required on when medical confidentiality can be lifted if pilots are found to have psychological issues. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160313/lift-confidentiality-for-mentally-ill-pilots-germanwings-probe Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:22:52 +0100 lift-confidentiality-for-mentally-ill-pilots-germanwings-probe 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.fr/20150719/victim-families-want-higher-compensation Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:33:10 +0200 victim-families-want-higher-compensation 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.fr/20150717/eu-watchdog-urges-changes-after-plane-crash Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:09:07 +0200 eu-watchdog-urges-changes-after-plane-crash Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who prosecutors allege deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 in March, searched for a deadly cocktail of drugs on the internet, prosecutors in Düsseldorf confirmed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150612/france-probes-manslaughter-in-germanwaings-crash Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:08:01 +0200 france-probes-manslaughter-in-germanwaings-crash 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.fr/20150608/germanwings-co-pilot-saw-dozens-of-doctors Mon, 08 Jun 2015 19:28:37 +0200 germanwings-co-pilot-saw-dozens-of-doctors 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.fr/20150520/all-150-germanwings-crash-victims-identified Wed, 20 May 2015 10:08:11 +0200 all-150-germanwings-crash-victims-identified Doctors at Lufthansa had recommended that pilot Andreas Lubitz, suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps, be given psychological treatment after he suffered a bout of depression, a German newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150412/doctors-wanted-treatment-for-pilot-report Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:21:42 +0200 doctors-wanted-treatment-for-pilot-report UPDATED: Information from the second black box of the doomed Germanwings' flight shows that the co-pilot increased the speed of the aircraft as it headed towards the French Alps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150403/second-black-box-confirms-alps-crash-co-pilot-acted-deliberately Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:53:01 +0200 second-black-box-confirms-alps-crash-co-pilot-acted-deliberately Germanwings flight 4U9525 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who reportedly intentionally crashed the plane carrying 149 other people, searched for information about suicide methods and cockpit door security systems online, German prosecutors said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150402/germanwings-co-pilot-lied-to-doctors-sick-leave Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:37:44 +0200 germanwings-co-pilot-lied-to-doctors-sick-leave German tabloid Bild and French magazine Paris Match revealed on Tuesday that their reporters had seen video from inside Germanwings flight 4U9525 in the final moments before the plane crashed. French police later denied that a video has been found. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150331/video-shows-crash-final-moments Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:13:00 +0200 video-shows-crash-final-moments Forensic teams have isolated 78 distinct DNA strands from body parts recovered from the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150329/dna-from-78-crash-victims-found-prosecutor Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:30:56 +0200 dna-from-78-crash-victims-found-prosecutor The Germanwings co-pilot who crashed his Airbus in the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, told his ex-girlfriend that "one day everyone will know my name", according to German newspaper Bild. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150328/crash-pilot-told-ex-everyone-will-know-my-name-report Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:37:47 +0100 crash-pilot-told-ex-everyone-will-know-my-name-report