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 A man who claimed to have no property or income, but actually owned a private aeroplane, has been charged with tax evasion by Italy's finance police. https://www.thelocal.it/20160927/destitute-private-jet-owner-fined-for-tax-fraud Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:37:54 +0200 destitute-private-jet-owner-fined-for-tax-fraud An investigation is underway after a cargo plane overshot the runway at Bergamo airport in the early hours of Friday morning, before crashing through the perimeter fence and sliding onto a road. https://www.thelocal.it/20160805/cargo-jet-slides-onto-road-after-overshooting-runway Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:30:03 +0200 cargo-jet-slides-onto-road-after-overshooting-runway The final resting place of an American Second World War fighter pilot has been found by Italian amateur archaeologists near Bologna. https://www.thelocal.it/20160725/italian-amateur-team-finds-final-resting-place-of-us-wwii-pilot Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:41:06 +0200 italian-amateur-team-finds-final-resting-place-of-us-wwii-pilot A passenger on board a Rome-bound flight sparked a bomb alert – because they were suspicious about two other passengers, Moroccans, who were praying. https://www.thelocal.it/20160630/praying-moroccans-spark-bomb-alert-on-rome-bound-flight Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:24:57 +0200 praying-moroccans-spark-bomb-alert-on-rome-bound-flight An American Airlines plane en route from Miami to Milan had to be re-routed to Canada on Sunday after turbulence left seven people injured, the company said. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/plane-bound-for-italy-forced-to-land-after-turbulence-injures-seven Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:30:44 +0100 plane-bound-for-italy-forced-to-land-after-turbulence-injures-seven Disaster was very narrowly averted on Thursday after a wheel fell off a large passenger jet bound for Milan onto a Sicilian beach that is popular among summer bathers. https://www.thelocal.it/20151217/wheel-falls-off-passenger-jet-onto-sicily-beach Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:12:51 +0100 wheel-falls-off-passenger-jet-onto-sicily-beach Two months after being leased at €1 million a month, the swanky jet intended to fly premier Matteo Renzi around the world is grounded - until an Italian Air Force pilot can learn how to fly it. https://www.thelocal.it/20151209/italys-air-force-cant-fly-new-presidential-jet Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:07:10 +0100 italys-air-force-cant-fly-new-presidential-jet An easyJet flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Venice’s Marco Polo airport on Friday after the plane’s pilot became ill. https://www.thelocal.it/20151009/easyjet-plane-forced-to-land-in-italy-after-pilot-falls-ill Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:41:42 +0200 easyjet-plane-forced-to-land-in-italy-after-pilot-falls-ill Passengers on a flight from Rome to Milan were shocked when their aircraft was struck by lightning and forced to make an emergency landing in Naples on Wednesday as a freak thunderstorm wreaked havoc in the Italian capital. https://www.thelocal.it/20150819/alitalia-plane-struck-by-lightning Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:13:30 +0200 alitalia-plane-struck-by-lightning A Blue Air plane was forced to make an emergency landing after one of the jet’s tyres burst while taking off from Turin, sending passengers, including Juventus goalkeeper Marco Storari, into a panic. https://www.thelocal.it/20150608/panic-as-tyre-bursts-on-blue-air-flight Mon, 08 Jun 2015 19:00:38 +0200 panic-as-tyre-bursts-on-blue-air-flight Three Algerians forced open the emergency exit of an Alitalia passenger plane while it was heading for take-off at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, slid down the safety slides that were activated and escaped from the airport late on Wednesday night, an Alitalia spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150514/three-algerians-flee-from-alitalia-jet-at-rome-airport Thu, 14 May 2015 14:20:42 +0200 three-algerians-flee-from-alitalia-jet-at-rome-airport A Germanwings plane on its way to Rome was forced to land at Venice's Marco Polo airport on Friday after two people on board fell sick, a spokeswoman for the company told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20150403/germanwings-jet-lands-in-venice-after-two-fall-ill Fri, 03 Apr 2015 19:27:19 +0200 germanwings-jet-lands-in-venice-after-two-fall-ill UPDATED: Italian authorities on Monday released a Pakistani man who was removed from an easyJet flight to Britain minutes before take-off after it was discovered he was travelling on a fake passport. https://www.thelocal.it/20150119/pakistani-on-suspect-passport-sparks-easyjet-alarm Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:30:00 +0100 pakistani-on-suspect-passport-sparks-easyjet-alarm A bomb alert at Rome's Fiumicino airport forced officials to evacuate a Vienna-bound flight shortly before take-off after a passenger told the captain he had explosives in his luggage, Italian media reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/plane-evacuated-in-rome-over-bomb-alert Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:29:00 +0100 plane-evacuated-in-rome-over-bomb-alert An Italian pilot died on Wednesday after his two-seater plane crashed into a restaurant, during a flight to announce the birthday of someone in a Calabrian town. https://www.thelocal.it/20141127/pilot-dies-after-crashing-into-calabria-restaurant Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:38:00 +0100 pilot-dies-after-crashing-into-calabria-restaurant An Alitalia plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Wednesday evening after being struck by lightning. https://www.thelocal.it/20141106/alitalia-jet-hit-by-lightning-as-storms-pound-italy Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:06:00 +0100 alitalia-jet-hit-by-lightning-as-storms-pound-italy The Italian government has been told to pay over €5 million in damages to the relatives of six people who died in a mysterious plane crash near the Sicilian Island of Ustica in 1980. https://www.thelocal.it/20141009/state-must-pay-5-6m-to-ustica-plane-crash-relatives Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:25:00 +0200 state-must-pay-5-6m-to-ustica-plane-crash-relatives Flights were temporarily grounded at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Sunday when a plane was forced to land after a suspect piece of luggage was found on board. https://www.thelocal.it/20140915/bomb-scare-halts-flights-at-rome-airport Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:50:00 +0200 bomb-scare-halts-flights-at-rome-airport There was panic aboard a Spanish low-cost airplane on Wednesday after a fire broke just after the plane, carrying 121 people, landed in Florence https://www.thelocal.it/20140813/vueling-jet-catches-fire-after-landing-in-florence Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:56:00 +0200 vueling-jet-catches-fire-after-landing-in-florence A plane was evacuated on Monday evening moments before take-off from an Italian airport, after passengers noticed smoke filling the air. https://www.thelocal.it/20140715/smoke-prompts-plane-evacuation-in-italy Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:43:00 +0200 smoke-prompts-plane-evacuation-in-italy