https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police are investigating a suspected attempt to sabotage an aircraft at an airport in Gällivare in the north of the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20171030/police-investigate-sabotage-at-swedish-airport Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:51:58 +0100 police-investigate-sabotage-at-swedish-airport Ever wanted to own an airport? A man in western Sweden is offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for someone to do just that and purchase one he built himself – provided they meet his high standards. https://www.thelocal.se/20170817/its-now-possible-to-buy-your-own-airport-in-sweden-if-you-can-convince-the-owner Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:51:15 +0200 its-now-possible-to-buy-your-own-airport-in-sweden-if-you-can-convince-the-owner Passengers on an aircraft between Stockholm and Örnsköldsvik in eastern Sweden witnessed a dramatic incident when the captain broke down the bathroom door with an axe after a man refused to come out. https://www.thelocal.se/20150806/pilot-breaks-down-toilet-door Thu, 06 Aug 2015 09:51:44 +0200 pilot-breaks-down-toilet-door On Midsummer's Eve two unknown aircraft entered Swedish airspace. The Swedish Armed Forces remained tight-lipped about the incident when the incident was revealed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140805/mysterious-planes-violate Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:37:00 +0200 mysterious-planes-violate A woman in her seventies suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a propeller. The accident occurred on Saturday at Viared's air field outside Borås, in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20111113/37324 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:36:00 +0100 37324 More than half the pilots in the Swedish Airline Pilots' Association (Svensk pilotförening, SPF) admit to having fallen asleep during flights, according to a new independent study. https://www.thelocal.se/20111019/36834 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:20:00 +0200 36834 Despite Sunday marking ten years since the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, Swedes have not been deterred from travelling to and from Sweden, according to airport officials and travel agencies. https://www.thelocal.se/20110911/36064 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:32:00 +0200 36064 A group of tourists from northern Sweden had an unpleasant start to their holiday in Turkey after a suspected case of food poisoning sent 17 to the hospital. https://www.thelocal.se/20110610/34270 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:23:00 +0200 34270 Chaos and fear gripped travelers on a Swedish passenger plane Monday morning after a loss of cabin pressure caused the aircraft to drop thousands of metres in less than three minutes. https://www.thelocal.se/20110103/31226 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:46:00 +0100 31226 An official investigation is underway after an Iran Air plane about to leave for Teheran on Saturday slid off the runway at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. None of the 173 people onboard were hurt. https://www.thelocal.se/20100117/24426 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0100 24426 Sweden upped the ante in its effort to secure a contract to sell 36 Saab Gripen fighter jets to Brazil, saying it would build 40 percent of the plane in Brazil, officials said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090918/22150 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:25:00 +0200 22150 "It felt like there was something to believe in after all. It was almost religious, a miracle," said the wife of one of the pilots from Gothenburg found alive after crashing a small aircraft in icy waters in northern Canada on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20081209/16228 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:32:00 +0100 16228 Two Gothenburg-area residents were found alive after spending 17 hours in bitter cold temperatures when the small aircraft they were flying crash landed in icy waters near Iqaluit in northern Canada on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20081208/16196 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:50:00 +0100 16196 An airplane with 63 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Gothenburg’s Landvetter airport on Tuesday morning because of a cracked cockpit window. https://www.thelocal.se/20081118/15754 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:03:00 +0100 15754 Sweden’s military is testing a mobile airport in the north of the country which it hopes to deploy in the wake of natural disasters at home or overseas. https://www.thelocal.se/20081106/15496 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:25:00 +0100 15496 Saab’s next generation Gripen fighter is on the short-list of options under consideration by the Brazilian Air Force, the company said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20081002/14704 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:35:00 +0200 14704 Swedish budget airline Skyways is planning to shutter its base of operations at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. https://www.thelocal.se/20080828/13982 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:10:00 +0200 13982 A 72-year-old man died when his motor glider crashed near a beach in Lycksele in northern Sweden on Friday morning. Bathing onlookers tried in vain to save the man https://www.thelocal.se/20080725/13276 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:46:00 +0200 13276 Boyhood dreams of the wild animal from England have become a reality for pilot Bertil Gerhardt after taking a spin in the skies over Skåne in Sweden’s only Spitfire aircraft. https://www.thelocal.se/20080519/11868 Mon, 19 May 2008 16:44:00 +0200 11868 Sky-high fuel prices have caused airline operator SAS to add a fuel-surcharge to its domestic and European routes. https://www.thelocal.se/20080507/11602 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:59:00 +0200 11602