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France

EU warned Germany over safety control 'before Germanwings crash'

It has been revealed that a European regulator found “issues” with Germany’s aviation authority over safety enforcement – reportedly before the

04/04/2015

France

French government praises 'solidarity' in Alps following Germanwings crash

France's Interior Minister praises residents of the French Alps for their solidarity following last week's deadly Germanwings crash.

04/04/2015

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

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

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

01/04/2015

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The unenviable task of sorting scattered fragments of ill-fated Germanwings jet

27/03/2015

France

German police remove items from flight 9525 co-pilot's homes

Police in the German town of Montabaur have searched the home belonging to the parents of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot who apparently locked himself

27/03/2015

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Tears as staff pay tribute to victims of Germanwings plane crash

26/03/2015

France

How pilot could have locked himself in cockpit of doomed jet

26/03/2015

France

Villages in the French Alps prepare to welcome families of air crash victims

Villages around the site of the Germanwings plane crash prepare to welcome the relatives of victims

25/03/2015

France

Germanwings press conference mystery: what wasn't he supposed to say?

A Lufthansa spokeswoman has sparked a mystery around the crash of flight 4U9525. A journalist at a press conference asked “” Heike Birlenbach

24/03/2015

Germany

Lufthansa flight disruptions may continue into Sunday

Almost half of all flights operated by Lufthansa were grounded on Saturday (March 21). Pilots at the German airline stated a fourth straight day of

21/03/2015

Germany

Dozens of long-haul flights cancelled on day two of Lufthansa pilots' strike

Thursday has brought more misery for passengers of German airline Lufthansa, as a pilots’ strike continues into its second day. After short and

19/03/2015

Germany

Lufthansa pilots stage twelfth strike in a year

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights to and from Frankfurt and Munich have been cancelled, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, because of another

18/03/2015

Germany

Half of all Lufthansa long-haul flights cancelled in second strike this week

German airline Lufthansa cancelled half of all its long-haul flights on Thursday as passengers were hit by the second pilots' strike this week.

04/12/2014

World News

Lufthansa pilots to strike again on Thursday

More air travel misery in Germany as Lufthansa pilots threaten to strike again on Thursday affecting long-haul and cargo flights. Two days of

03/12/2014

Germany

Two-day Lufthansa strike prelude to Christmas transport threat by German unions

01/12/2014

Germany

Lufthansa pilots strike again over retirement dispute

01/12/2014