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 Angry passengers at Bordeaux airport decided to prevent another flight from taking off to their destination before they did. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180806/french-plane-passengers-delayed-for-29-hours-block-another-flight-bordeaux Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:58:39 +0200 french-plane-passengers-delayed-for-29-hours-block-another-flight-bordeaux French rail workers have begun their rolling strikes from April to June while Air France staff will also walk out on certain days in May. If you're one of the unlucky travellers whose plane or train is cancelled, here's what you can do. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180427/french-strikes-what-can-i-do-if-my-train-or-plane-is-cancelled Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:00:57 +0200 french-strikes-what-can-i-do-if-my-train-or-plane-is-cancelled Four Moldovan nationals were killed on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed off Ivory Coast, firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171014/crashed-ivory-coast-plane-chartered-by-french-army-military-source Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:56:48 +0200 crashed-ivory-coast-plane-chartered-by-french-army-military-source Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, sources said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170729/human-remains-found-on-mont-blanc-may-belong-to-air-india-victims Sat, 29 Jul 2017 11:17:01 +0200 human-remains-found-on-mont-blanc-may-belong-to-air-india-victims The pilot of a private plane has had a lucky escape in southern France after walking away from an emergency landing on a highway. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160920/in-pics-pilot-lands-private-plane-on-french-highway Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:21:32 +0200 in-pics-pilot-lands-private-plane-on-french-highway The body of a man was found at Paris' Orly airport Monday in the landing gear of an Air France plane that had flown in from Brazil, police and airport sources said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160112/body-found-in-planes-landing-gear-in-paris Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:17:58 +0100 body-found-in-planes-landing-gear-in-paris US warplanes were scrambled to escort an Air France passenger jet flying from Paris to New York on Monday, following one of several threats against commercial aircraft that proved to be unfounded. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150526/us-fighter-jets-escort-air-france-flight Tue, 26 May 2015 10:23:41 +0200 us-fighter-jets-escort-air-france-flight An Air France passenger plane en route to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Ireland after a fire alarm went off in the cargo hold. Air France told The Local the alarm was triggered by a shipment of fruit and veg from the Caribbean. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141215/fruit-forces-air-france-plane-into-emergency-landing Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:15:00 +0100 fruit-forces-air-france-plane-into-emergency-landing One person was killed and five were injured in central France Wednesday after a military training jet crashed into a home for the disabled, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141211/french-military-jet-crashes-into-home-for-dissabled Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:11:00 +0100 french-military-jet-crashes-into-home-for-dissabled A Parisian man faces jail after losing his cool on a France-bound flight from the US over a passenger who reclined his seat just a bit too far. His outburst comes on the heels of the now infamous “Knee Defender” melee aboard another American plane. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140829/frenchman-flips-out-over-reclined-seat-on-us-jet Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:37:00 +0200 frenchman-flips-out-over-reclined-seat-on-us-jet An investigation is underway to see whether American Airlines may be guilty of discrimination after a passenger from Paris claims he was forced off a plane because he smelled. The airline denies the allegation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140827/parisian-thrown-off-plane-over-body-odour Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:00:00 +0200 parisian-thrown-off-plane-over-body-odour A private plane crashed close to a farm just east of Paris on Wednesday, killing two people and leaving three others seriously injured. Reports sugges one of the plane's wings became detached shortly before it came down. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140806/two-dead-as-private-plane-crashes-in-france Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:32:00 +0200 two-dead-as-private-plane-crashes-in-france France was mourning on Monday as authorities revealed the pilots aboard the Air Algérie flight had asked permission to turn back just before the jet went down, killing 118 people. Bad weather has been increasingly blamed for the accident. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140728/air-algerie-ah5017-mali-crash Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:57:00 +0200 air-algerie-ah5017-mali-crash AS IT HAPPENED: France's president says there were no survivors of the Air Algerie crash in Africa, at the same time French authorities are ruling out the possibility the jet was shot down, saying bad weather is thus far the apparent cause. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140725/wreckage-of-crashed-plane-found-in-mali Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:00:00 +0200 wreckage-of-crashed-plane-found-in-mali An Air Algérie-operated flight carrying 116 people on board, including 51 French nationals, is believed to have crashed in Mali on Thursday. There have been unconfirmed reports that the wreckage of the plane has been found. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140724/french-among-passengers-on-missing-air-algerie-flight Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:26:00 +0200 french-among-passengers-on-missing-air-algerie-flight A private plane crashed in the French countryside on Tuesday killing six people on board, aviation officials said. The aircraft was on its way to Paris from the tourist town of Annecy in the French Alps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131119/six-killed-as-private-plane-crashes-in-france Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:39:00 +0100 six-killed-as-private-plane-crashes-in-france Two men were killed instantly after a tourist plane crashed in the Loire region of central France on Wednesday afternoon, emergency services said. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130801/two-die-as-tourist-plane-crashes-in-central-france Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:28:00 +0200 two-die-as-tourist-plane-crashes-in-central-france Rescue services on Monday gave up the search for a German pilot missing after his plane crashed into the English Channel on its way to France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130722/rescuers-give-up-search-for-pilot-missing-in-channel Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:18:00 +0200 rescuers-give-up-search-for-pilot-missing-in-channel The first journeys of SNCF’s new low-cost train service 'Ouigo' hit the ground running on Tuesday morning. The no-frills service, inspired by the budget airline model, offers tickets starting at just €10. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130402/ouigo-first-day-low-cost-train-rail-france Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:59:00 +0200 ouigo-first-day-low-cost-train-rail-france Two people including the pilot were killed and a teenage girl left injured on Monday when a private plane crashed near the Swiss border in the French Alps, emergency officials and police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130304/two-killed-in-private-plane-crash Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0100 two-killed-in-private-plane-crash