drunk

Portuguese pilot held in Germany after being found drunk in cockpit

The co-pilot of a Portuguese airline was detained in Stuttgart after being found drunk in the cockpit just before take-off, German police and prosecutors said Saturday.

flight

Mystery flight path artist draws new message in sky

A pilot who likes to draw patterns in the sky using his flight path has returned with his greatest artwork yet.

pilot

Families outraged at tribute to suicidal Germanwings copilot

Families of the victims of last year's Germanwings crash deliberately caused by a suicidal co-pilot expressed outrage on Monday after his parents placed a heartfelt newspaper announcement in his memory.

History

Lifelong search finds justice for US WW2 pilot

70 years after the end of the Second World War, a German man has managed to uncover a war crime that he witnessed as a child and reunite the remains of an American fighter pilot with his family.

plane crash

Search continues for missing pilot

Emergency services have resumed their search for a missing German pilot after a plane crash in Lake Vättern, Sweden, with authorities fearing for the man's life.

flight

Trainee pilot 'wanted to crash plane'

A trainee pilot tried to crash a plane carrying both himself and his instructor in a suicide attempt after beating his trainer around the head with a rock, a court in eastern Germany heard on Monday.