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Spain

Barcelona: Spanish royals attend memorial service for Germanwings crash victims

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy have been remembering the victims of the Germanwings plane disaster. Grieving relatives of

27/04/2015

Germany

Families of Germanwings crash victims attend memorial in Cologne

Almost a month on: family members gather in Cologne to remember the 150 who died in the Germanwings crash.

17/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa doctors 'recommended continued treatment for Lubitz'

The German newspaper Bild says Lufthansa doctors had recommended that pilot Andreas Lubitz should be given psychological treatment, despite

12/04/2015

Germany

Germanwings to sue woman who claimed to be a grieving relative

Germanwings parent company Lufthansa is considering taking legal action against a woman it says took several free flights from Germany to southern

09/04/2015

Germany

More questions about medical oversight of pilots after Alps crash

Further questions are being asked about the quality of checks on pilots in the wake of the French Alps plane crash. Germany’s Federal Aviation Office

06/04/2015

France

Germanwings co-pilot Lubitz 'sped up' plane, say investigators

Analysts say a study of data from the second black box, recovered after last week's passenger plane crash in the French Alps, reveals co-pilot Andreas Lubitz manipulated the autopilot to reduce the ai

03/04/2015

France

French investigators "reasonably hopeful" second flight recorder contains vital evidence

French investigators say there is “reasonable hope” that the recovery of a second black box data recorder can provide vital evidence about the demise

02/04/2015

France

French investigators find second "black box" from Germanwings crash

French authorities say they have found the second black box of the Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps last week, killing 150 people. The

02/04/2015

France

Don't ask about the co-pilot: Lufthansa boss refuses questions at Alps crash site

The head of Germanwings and the boss of parent company Lufthansa have visited the scene of the French Alps crash

01/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa's claim of 100% pilot fitness jars credibility

Germany’s airline Lufthansa, parent company for several other airlines as well, is trying to recover and stabilise its credibility in the aftermath

01/04/2015

France

Controversy over footage recovered from Germanwings plane crash

French magazine Paris Match and German daily Bild report that a cellphone video found in the Germanwings wreckage shows the flight's last moments

01/04/2015

France

Germanwings and Lufthansa bosses refuse questions about co-pilot during visit to crash site

Just over a week after the Germanwings plane crash, the airline boss and head of parent company Lufthansa visit the scene

01/04/2015

France

Lufthansa under pressure over revelations about co-pilot's medical history

Pressure is mounting on Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, over what it knew about the co-pilot before last week’s plane crash in the

01/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa knew that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had suffered severe depression

Lufthansa now says that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who crashed a plane in the French Alps last week – killing 150 people – told its flight training

31/03/2015

Germany

Germanwings crash likely to lead to a near-300-million-euro insurance claim

The Germanwings crash is going to cost the insurance companies a pretty penny. Parent company Lufthansa is already liable to pay the families of each

31/03/2015

France

"I hope I never return to a locked door": Pilot who foresaw Germanwings crash

31/03/2015

France

German police make progress in profiling of Andreas Lubitz

As a video emerges of the co-pilot of the ill-fated Germanwings jet, officials say they are making progress in piecing together his background one

31/03/2015

France

Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz had 'suicidal tendencies'

“Suicidal tendencies”. The chilling words were pronounced by a German prosecutor on Monday, giving another insight into the troubled mind of co-pilot

30/03/2015

France

Lufthansa fears second Germanwings black box may never be found

The German airline Lufthansa says it fears the flight data recorder from the Germanwings disaster may never be found. A manager has told a German

30/03/2015

Germany

Unconfirmed reports and speculation mount over Germanwings crash

As authorities attempt to find the most likely explanation for the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps, the media continues to hunt for clues

30/03/2015