https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy has banned Boeing's 737 Max 8 medium-haul jets from its airspace in response to the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20190313/italy-closes-its-airspace-to-boeing-737-max-planes-after-ethiopian-airlines-crash Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:36:11 +0100 italy-closes-its-airspace-to-boeing-737-max-planes-after-ethiopian-airlines-crash British and Irish UN employees based in Rome were among those killed in Ethiopian Airlines disaster on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190311/un-in-rome-mourns-victims-of-ethiopian-plane-crash Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:29:18 +0100 un-in-rome-mourns-victims-of-ethiopian-plane-crash The Italian passengers on board a Rome-bound plane that was forced to land in Geneva after it was hijacked have spoken of their terror when the co-pilot took control of the plane. https://www.thelocal.it/20140218/hijacking-passengers-feared-for-their-lives Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:25:00 +0100 hijacking-passengers-feared-for-their-lives An Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Rome was forced to land in Geneva early on Monday morning after being hijacked, La Repubblica reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140217/rome-bound-plane-forced-to-land-after-hijacking Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:53:00 +0100 rome-bound-plane-forced-to-land-after-hijacking