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 father and his twin teenage daughters died on Monday when their light aircraft crashed in central France in as yet unexplained circumstances, the rescue services said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180807/father-and-twin-daughters-die-in-light-plane-crash-in-france Tue, 07 Aug 2018 11:19:46 +0200 father-and-twin-daughters-die-in-light-plane-crash-in-france One person was killed when a light aircraft crashlanded at an airport in eastern France on Wednesday, airport managers said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161208/one-killed-as-light-aircraft-crashlands-in-eastern-france Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:57:48 +0100 one-killed-as-light-aircraft-crashlands-in-eastern-france Egypt enlisted a submarine on Sunday to search the Mediterranean seabed for the black boxes of EgyptAir MS804 three days after it crashed, hoping the recorders would explain the mysterious disaster. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160522/search-on-for-clues-in-egyptair-crash Sun, 22 May 2016 17:59:38 +0200 search-on-for-clues-in-egyptair-crash A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage that washed up on an Indian Ocean island arrived for analysis in France early Saturday, after Malaysian authorities said the part was almost certainly recovered from missing flight MH370. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150801/possible-mh370-plane-part-arrives-in-france Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:44:54 +0200 possible-mh370-plane-part-arrives-in-france 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 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 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 his previous flight, a French probe revealed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150506/co-pilot-lubitz-germanwings-alps-crash-plane Wed, 06 May 2015 10:10:47 +0200 co-pilot-lubitz-germanwings-alps-crash-plane The operation to clear the wreckage of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the Alps has officially ended, French military police said on Monday. Images show the crash site, once strewn with debris, now clear of the plane's wreckage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150420/operation-to-recover-debris-from-crash-site-ends Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:25:23 +0200 operation-to-recover-debris-from-crash-site-ends These pictures show how three weeks after a Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps, the mountainside that was once strewn with wreckage and body parts has almost been cleared by investigators. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150414/alps-crash-site-cleared-of-debris Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:10:06 +0200 alps-crash-site-cleared-of-debris French prosecutors have said that the second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week is in a "usable condition". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150403/alps-crash-second-black-box-deemed-usable Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:06:11 +0200 alps-crash-second-black-box-deemed-usable 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.fr/20150402/second-black Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:17:43 +0200 second-black France's national carrier Air France has followed the lead of other airlines and put in place a system whereby two people must be in the cockpit at all times. However the measure may only temporary. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150402/air-france-brings-in-two-in-cockpit-rule Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:29:53 +0200 air-france-brings-in-two-in-cockpit-rule Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is believed to have intentionally crashed a plane carrying 149 other people into the French Alps, lied to doctors about being on sick leave from work while he was still flying planes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150402/co-pilot-lied-to-doctors-about-sick-leave Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:53:50 +0200 co-pilot-lied-to-doctors-about-sick-leave Prosecutors investigating the crash of a Germanwings plane in the French Alps have demanded that a video purportedly showing the final moments of the flight inside the cabin must be handed over to investigators. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150401/any-alps-plane-crash-video-must-be-given-to-police Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:56:28 +0200 any-alps-plane-crash-video-must-be-given-to-police All the bodies on the doomed Germanwings flight that crashed in the Alps one week ago could be identified by the end of the week, the French President said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150331/crash-victims-bodies-identified-by-end-of-week Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:28:09 +0200 crash-victims-bodies-identified-by-end-of-week The grim search through debris and body parts at the crash site of the doomed Germanwings plane in the French Alps was made easier on Tuesday with trucks able to access the area via a new and hastily built road. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150331/new-road-opens-up-to-crash-site-in-french-alps Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:05:35 +0200 new-road-opens-up-to-crash-site-in-french-alps 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.fr/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 More details from the black box recordings from the crashed Germanwings jet have revealed how everything seemed ordinary as the flight took off but it ended with the horror of the pilot screaming "open the damn door". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150330/alps-crash-final-minutes-timeline Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:06:45 +0200 alps-crash-final-minutes-timeline German prosecutors revealed on Friday that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is believed to have deliberately crashed the Germanwings plane in the Alps, had a sick leave note from his doctor for the day of the crash, but hid his illness from his employers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150327/germanwigns-co-pilot-had-sick-note-for-day-of-crash Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:03:05 +0100 germanwigns-co-pilot-had-sick-note-for-day-of-crash UPDATED: French authorities are yet to find any intact bodies as they continue the painstaking search for victim body parts among the wreckage of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the Alps. Investigators are also hunting for the second black box. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150327/france-releases-images-from-alps-crash-site Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:47:00 +0100 france-releases-images-from-alps-crash-site