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Deadly storm causes Dutch and German transport chaos 
 Netherlands: Eight people including two firefighters have been killed in storm-related accidents as hurricane-strength winds tear across northern Europe | |
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| Dec.27 |
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Swiss cruise ship collides with motorway bridge in Germany. Ruhr
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| Sep.3 |
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Frankfurt WW2 bomb defused after mass evacuation
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Frankfurt hospitals evacuated before WW2 bomb disposal 
Patients at hospitals in Frankfurt have been moved to prepare for the controlled explosion of a huge bomb left over from World War Two
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Hannover to evacuate 50,000 over World War Two bombs
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| Mar.11 |
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Bear killed in German zoo after it escapes from compound
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| Jan.31 |
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Carbon monoxide killed six teens found in hut. Bavaria
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Lightning strikes hurt dozens in Germany rock festival
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Five dead as waters rise in Germany and France. Bavaria
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| May.30 |
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Germany floods: Four dead in south-west amid extensive damage |
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| Apr.13 |
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Germanwings crash: Families of victims sue US flight school |
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| Apr.12 |
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Germany train crash: Controller 'distracted by computer game' |
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| Mar.13 |
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Doctor wanted to hospitalize Germanwings co-pilot before 2015 crash A doctor recommended psychiatric hospitalization but didn’t alert authorities out of fear of breaching Germany’s strict privacy laws
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| Feb.16 |
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Germany train crash: Human error to blame. Bavaria
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| Feb.9 |
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Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town Map of Bad Aibling Germany| At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided head-on on a single-track route. The trains had crashed into each other ... | |
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| Nov.5 |
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Train hits truck at crossing in southern Germany; several killed |
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| Jun.13 |
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Elephant escapes from circus, kills 65-year-old man |
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| Jun.11 |
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Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe Southern France: French prosecutors have announced a preliminary investigation into whether manslaughter charges should be brought over the plane crash
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| Jun.9 |
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Germanwings crash: Victims' remains land |
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| Jun.6 |
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Lightning hits Slipknot and Foo Fighters festival in Germany More than 30 people have been taken to hospital after two lightning strikes at a music festival in Germany
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| May.23 |
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6 people missing, feared dead after fire at rural guesthouse |
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| May.16 |
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2 dead, 20 injured when train hits truck in Germany |
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| May.6 |
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Co-pilot Lubitz 'practised rapid descent' 
France: The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps in March appears to have practised a rapid descent on a previous fligh...
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| Apr.16 |
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Alps plane crash: Memorial service to be held
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Investigators finished at Germanwings Flight 9525 crash site Southern France: Investigators have collected all the main evidence from the site where Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed
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| Apr.3 |
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Co-pilot Lubitz 'accelerated descent' Germany: Data from the second 'black box' flight recorder belonging to the Germanwings plane suggests that the co-pilot deliberately accelerated its ...
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| Apr.2 |
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Co-pilot Lubitz 'researched suicide'. Ruhr
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| Mar.31 |
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Germanwings: Lufthansa knew of co-pilot depression. Germany
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| Mar.30 |
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Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot suicidal at one time Germany: The investigation into the crash has not revealed evidence of the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's motive, but he suffered from suicidal tendencies
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| Mar.29 |
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Germanwings black box: Captain pleading with co-pilot. Germany
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Germanwings crash: 78 DNA strands isolated. Germany
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| Mar.28 |
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Germanwings crash co-pilot Lubitz 'made prediction' Germany: The co-pilot that deliberately crashed his Airbus in the Alps, predicted 'one day everyone will know my name', his ex-girlfriend says
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| Mar.27 |
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Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz 'hid illness' Ruhr: The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings airliner into the French Alps hid details of an illness, German prosecutors sa...
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| Mar.26 |
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Germanwings co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' Southern France: The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to 'destroy the plane'
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| Mar.25 |
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Germanwings: Victims' families to visit site. Southern France
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Pilot was locked out of cockpit moments before plane crashed Southern France: A pilot on the doomed Germanwings airliner that went down apparently was locked out the cockpit moments before the plane crashed
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| Mar.24 |
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Searchers recover ‘black box’ after jet crashes in French Alps Southern France: The Germanwings plane crashed early Tuesday in a remote section of the French Alps, suddenly losing altitude and crash
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| Sep.9 |
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Injuries in Germany chemical blast
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| Jul.29 |
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Body of 'apparent stowaway' found in U.S. Air Force plane
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| Jun.19 |
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German caver Johann Westhauser surfaces Map of Berchtesgaden Germany Bavaria: An injured German trapped 1,000m underground for 12 days has been brought to the surface from the cave after a painstaking rescue operation
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| Jun.9 |
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Rescue in Germany's deepest cave. Bavaria
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| Jan.12 |
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4 believed dead as plane crashes in west Germany
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| Jan.3 |
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Bulldozer driver killed by unexploded WWII device
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Deadly storm and tidal surge batter northern Europe| Hamburg: Hurricane-force winds have killed at least seven people, flooded parts of Hamburg and left thousands of homes without electricity | |
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| Dec.3 |
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WWII bomb evacuation on the Rhine
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| Jun.5 |
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E. coli 'linked' to German farm. Hamburg
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| May.30 |
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E. coli infections kill 6, sicken hundreds| Hamburg: An E. coli outbreak in northern Germany was likely caused by consuming raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce. A rare strain of E. coli that has spread to 10 ... | |
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| May.24 |
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Volcano ash shuts German airports Hamburg: Germany is closing its northern airspace on Wednesday because of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland
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| Jan.6 |
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Dioxin scare shuts German farms
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| Jul.31 |
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Thousands mourn Love Parade victims. Ruhr
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| Jul.25 |
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Number of dead at music festival rises. Ruhr
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| Jul.24 |
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Festival stampede kills 19 Map of Duisburg Germany| Ruhr: At least 17 people have been killed at the Love Parade electronic music festival in the German city of Duisburg after panic sparked a stampede. The revellers panicked at a tunnel entrance. About 100 people were also injured. Pol... | |
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| Jan.9 |
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Heavy snow brings travel chaos
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| Nov.5 |
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Bus fire kills 20; Police blame cigarette |
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| Sep.22 |
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Magnetic train crashes Map of Lathen Germany An elevated train has crashed on a test track, killing 23
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| Jan.3 |
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Race against time at rink |
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Rescuers halt rink search |
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| Jan.2 |
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Rescuers search for rink survivors. Bavaria
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Rink collapse kills 15 Bavaria: Up to 50 people were inside the ice rink in the town of Bad Reichenhall when the roof caved in under heavy snow
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| Jun.11 |
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Trains in head-on crash |
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| Jul.1 |
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71 dead in midair collision Map of UEBERLINGEN Germany A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
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| Jul.5 |
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Kohl's wife commits suicide
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| May.1 |
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Rollercoaster fire injures 54 |
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| 2015 |
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| May.23 |
6 people missing, feared dead after fire at rural guesthouse |
| 2008 |
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| Nov.5 |
Bus fire kills 20; Police blame cigarette |
| 2001 |
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| May.1 |
Rollercoaster fire injures 54 |
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| 2011 |
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| Jun.5 |
E. coli 'linked' to German farm. Hamburg
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| May.30 |
E. coli infections kill 6, sicken hundreds| Hamburg: An E. coli outbreak in northern Germany was likely caused by consuming raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce. A rare strain of E. coli that has spread to 10 ... | |
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| 2017 |
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| Dec.27 |
Swiss cruise ship collides with motorway bridge in Germany. Ruhr
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| 2011 |
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| May.24 |
Volcano ash shuts German airports Hamburg: Germany is closing its northern airspace on Wednesday because of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland
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| 2018 |
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| Jan.18 |
Deadly storm causes Dutch and German transport chaos | Netherlands: Eight people including two firefighters have been killed in storm-related accidents as hurricane-strength winds tear across northern Europe | |
| 2016 |
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| Jun.4 |
Lightning strikes hurt dozens in Germany rock festival
| 2015 |
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| Jun.6 |
Lightning hits Slipknot and Foo Fighters festival in Germany More than 30 people have been taken to hospital after two lightning strikes at a music festival in Germany
| 2013 |
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| Dec.6 |
Deadly storm and tidal surge batter northern Europe| Hamburg: Hurricane-force winds have killed at least seven people, flooded parts of Hamburg and left thousands of homes without electricity | |
| 2010 |
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| Jan.9 |
Heavy snow brings travel chaos
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| 2010 |
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| Jul.31 |
Thousands mourn Love Parade victims. Ruhr
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| Jul.25 |
Number of dead at music festival rises. Ruhr
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| Jul.24 |
Festival stampede kills 19 Map of Duisburg Germany| Ruhr: At least 17 people have been killed at the Love Parade electronic music festival in the German city of Duisburg after panic sparked a stampede. The revellers panicked at a tunnel entrance. About 100 people were also injured. Pol... | |
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| 2016 |
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| Jun.1 |
Five dead as waters rise in Germany and France. Bavaria
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| May.30 |
Germany floods: Four dead in south-west amid extensive damage |
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| 2017 |
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| Mar.11 |
Bear killed in German zoo after it escapes from compound
| 2015 |
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| Jun.13 |
Elephant escapes from circus, kills 65-year-old man |
| 2011 |
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| Jan.6 |
Dioxin scare shuts German farms
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| 2016 |
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| Apr.13 |
Germanwings crash: Families of victims sue US flight school |
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| Mar.13 |
Doctor wanted to hospitalize Germanwings co-pilot before 2015 crash A doctor recommended psychiatric hospitalization but didn’t alert authorities out of fear of breaching Germany’s strict privacy laws
| 2015 |
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| Jun.11 |
Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe Southern France: French prosecutors have announced a preliminary investigation into whether manslaughter charges should be brought over the plane crash
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| Jun.9 |
Germanwings crash: Victims' remains land |
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| May.6 |
Co-pilot Lubitz 'practised rapid descent' France: The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps in March appears to have practised a rapid descent on a previous fligh...
|
| Apr.16 |
Alps plane crash: Memorial service to be held
|
| Apr.4 |
Investigators finished at Germanwings Flight 9525 crash site Southern France: Investigators have collected all the main evidence from the site where Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed
|
| Apr.3 |
Co-pilot Lubitz 'accelerated descent' Germany: Data from the second 'black box' flight recorder belonging to the Germanwings plane suggests that the co-pilot deliberately accelerated its ...
|
| Mar.31 |
Germanwings: Lufthansa knew of co-pilot depression. Germany
|
| Mar.30 |
Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot suicidal at one time Germany: The investigation into the crash has not revealed evidence of the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's motive, but he suffered from suicidal tendencies
|
| Mar.29 |
Germanwings black box: Captain pleading with co-pilot. Germany
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| Mar.29 |
Germanwings crash: 78 DNA strands isolated. Germany
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| Mar.28 |
Germanwings crash co-pilot Lubitz 'made prediction' Germany: The co-pilot that deliberately crashed his Airbus in the Alps, predicted 'one day everyone will know my name', his ex-girlfriend says
|
| Mar.27 |
Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz 'hid illness' Ruhr: The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings airliner into the French Alps hid details of an illness, German prosecutors sa...
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| Mar.25 |
Germanwings: Victims' families to visit site. Southern France
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| Mar.25 |
Pilot was locked out of cockpit moments before plane crashed Southern France: A pilot on the doomed Germanwings airliner that went down apparently was locked out the cockpit moments before the plane crashed
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| Mar.24 |
Searchers recover ‘black box’ after jet crashes in French Alps Southern France: The Germanwings plane crashed early Tuesday in a remote section of the French Alps, suddenly losing altitude and crash
| 2014 |
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| Jul.29 |
Body of 'apparent stowaway' found in U.S. Air Force plane
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| Jan.12 |
4 believed dead as plane crashes in west Germany
| 2002 |
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| Jul.1 |
71 dead in midair collision Map of UEBERLINGEN Germany A Tupolev 154 airliner and a Boeing 757 cargo plane collided over the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg
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| 2006 |
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| Jan.2 |
Rink collapse kills 15 Bavaria: Up to 50 people were inside the ice rink in the town of Bad Reichenhall when the roof caved in under heavy snow
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| 2015 |
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| Apr.2 |
Co-pilot Lubitz 'researched suicide'. Ruhr
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| Mar.26 |
Germanwings co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' Southern France: The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to 'destroy the plane'
| 2001 |
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| Jul.5 |
Kohl's wife commits suicide
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| 2016 |
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| Apr.12 |
Germany train crash: Controller 'distracted by computer game' |
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| Feb.16 |
Germany train crash: Human error to blame. Bavaria
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| Feb.9 |
Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town Map of Bad Aibling Germany| At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided head-on on a single-track route. The trains had crashed into each other ... | |
| 2015 |
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| Nov.5 |
Train hits truck at crossing in southern Germany; several killed |
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| May.16 |
2 dead, 20 injured when train hits truck in Germany |
| 2006 |
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| Sep.22 |
Magnetic train crashes Map of Lathen Germany An elevated train has crashed on a test track, killing 23
| 2003 |
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| Jun.11 |
Trains in head-on crash |
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| 2017 |
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| Jan.31 |
Carbon monoxide killed six teens found in hut. Bavaria
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| 2014 |
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| Jun.19 |
German caver Johann Westhauser surfaces Map of Berchtesgaden Germany Bavaria: An injured German trapped 1,000m underground for 12 days has been brought to the surface from the cave after a painstaking rescue operation
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| Jun.9 |
Rescue in Germany's deepest cave. Bavaria
| 2006 |
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| Jan.3 |
Race against time at rink |
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| Jan.3 |
Rescuers halt rink search |
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| Jan.2 |
Rescuers search for rink survivors. Bavaria
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| 2017 |
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| Sep.3 |
Frankfurt WW2 bomb defused after mass evacuation
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| Sep.2 |
Frankfurt hospitals evacuated before WW2 bomb disposal Patients at hospitals in Frankfurt have been moved to prepare for the controlled explosion of a huge bomb left over from World War Two
| 2014 |
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| Sep.9 |
Injuries in Germany chemical blast
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| Jan.3 |
Bulldozer driver killed by unexploded WWII device
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