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West Australian
3 days ago
- West Australian
Carolina Wilga: German backpacker ‘wheeled into hospital' after arriving back home
Backpacker Carolina Wilga has flown back home to Germany in business class, spotted being pushed in a wheelchair to a hospital. German newspaper BILD reported that the 26-year-old touched down at Düsseldorf Airport after a stop-over in Dubai on Sunday afternoon local time — a 20-hour journey from Perth. Ms Wilga was assisted by medical personnel in business class during the plane journey. After arriving at Düsseldorf, she was taken in a civilian ambulance to the Evangelical Hospital in Castrop-Rauxel. She was met by a nurse who, with the assistance of bodyguards, helped Ms Wilga into a wheelchair. A man was seen carrying an orange trekking backpack towards Ms Wilga. The backpacker, who survived nearly two weeks lost in the West Australian outback, farewelled Perth in a heartwarming Instagram post at the weekend. 'Reunion with the ocean and a great goodbye to Perth with loooots of hugs ❤️ love you all,' she captioned the since deleted post. She shared several photos of her time in the hospital — at Cottesloe Beach with friends and last Monday's front page of The West Australian that featured her ordeal. Ms Wilga was lost for 12 days by herself in the Wheatbelt in July, sparking a missing persons search that had the entire country on alert. She had last been seen on June 29, travelling through Beacon, before she was found alive by a passing motorist on July 11. Ms Wilga's bogged Misubishi Delica van was found by police just one day before her rescue. After she met with police, the young traveller was flown to Perth and admitted to Fiona Stanley Hospital dehydrated, traumatised and 12kg lighter. Ms Wilga was discharged on Wednesday after five days recovering in hospital.
Perth Now
3 days ago
- Perth Now
Backpacker lost in Wheatbelt lands back home in Germany
Backpacker Carolina Wilga has flown back home to Germany in business class, spotted being pushed in a wheelchair to a hospital. German newspaper BILD reported that the 26-year-old touched down at Düsseldorf Airport after a stop-over in Dubai on Sunday afternoon local time — a 20-hour journey from Perth. Ms Wilga was assisted by medical personnel in business class during the plane journey. After arriving at Düsseldorf, she was taken in a civilian ambulance to the Evangelical Hospital in Castrop-Rauxel. She was met by a nurse who, with the assistance of bodyguards, helped Ms Wilga into a wheelchair. A man was seen carrying an orange trekking backpack towards Ms Wilga. Backpacker Carolina Wilga has flown back home in business class before she was seen being pushed in a wheelchair towards a German hospital. Credit: Unknown / Instagram The backpacker, who survived nearly two weeks lost in the West Australian outback, farewelled Perth in a heartwarming Instagram post at the weekend. 'Reunion with the ocean and a great goodbye to Perth with loooots of hugs ❤️ love you all,' she captioned the since deleted post. She shared several photos of her time in the hospital — at Cottesloe Beach with friends and last Monday's front page of The West Australian that featured her ordeal. Ms Wilga was lost for 12 days by herself in the Wheatbelt in July, sparking a missing persons search that had the entire country on alert. She had last been seen on June 29, travelling through Beacon, before she was found alive by a passing motorist on July 11. Ms Wilga's bogged Misubishi Delica van was found by police just one day before her rescue. After she met with police, the young traveller was flown to Perth and admitted to Fiona Stanley Hospital dehydrated, traumatised and 12kg lighter. Ms Wilga was discharged on Wednesday after five days recovering in hospital.
The Independent
24-03-2025
- General
- The Independent
Families of victims mark 10 years since Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps
Hundreds of victims' families will commemorate on Monday the 10th anniversary of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps, which killed all 150 people on board. The plane departed in the morning of March 24, 2015, in Barcelona, Spain and was supposed to land a few hours later in Duesseldorf, Germany. But it never arrived because, investigators said, the plane was deliberately downed by the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz. The victims included a group of 15 students and two teachers from a high school in the western German town of Haltern am See who were flying home from an exchange trip to Spain. Also killed were two babies, a pair of acclaimed German opera singers and a member of an Argentine rock band, three generations of the same family, a vacationing mother and son, a recently married couple, people on business trips and others going home. Memorial ceremonies are planned for 10:41 a.m. — the moment of the crash — at the German high school that lost so many students and also in the French village of Le Vernet, near the crash site in the mountains. In Haltern, high school students will lay down white roses for the victims and the town's church bells will ring. 'There was hardly a family that wasn't affected somewhere in their circle of friends or relatives," the high school's principal, Christian Krahl, told German news agency dpa. Many family members also traveled to Le Vernet. Lufthansa, which owned Germanwings, is inviting the victims' relatives every year to the village near the crash site and is expecting around 300 mourners to attend this year's memorial service, dpa reported. Commemorations are also planned at the airports in Düsseldorf and Barcelona. At Düsseldorf Airport, a book of condolences was available in the so-called Room of Silence for employees and travelers, dpa reported. The crash shocked and caused disbelief when investigators revealed that co-pilot Lubitz locked the flight's captain out of the cockpit to deliberately set the plane on a collision course with a mountainside. Lubitz had in the past suffered from depression, but authorities and his airline later deemed him fit to fly. In the months ahead of the crash, Lubitz suffered from sleeplessness and feared losing his vision, but he hid that from his employer. 'This state of shock, the deeply felt sympathy of all the residents for the families and the question of why this happened are still with us today,' Haltern Mayor Andreas Stegemann told dpa. 'The Germanwings crash is a permanent part of our town's history,' he said.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Yahoo
Pilot who is allergic to spiders bitten mid-flight
MADRID, SPAIN (WJW) — An unexpected passenger caused major delays on an international flight after a pilot was bitten mid-air by a spider. It happened on Friday, Feb. 21, an Iberia Airbus A320, traveling from Düsseldorf Airport in Germany to Barajas Airport in Madrid. Reports: Gene Hackman, wife found dead in New Mexico home The flight crew described the spider as a tarantula. The pilot also happened to be allergic to spiders. Local scratch-off ticket hits top prize He was treated on arrival in Madrid, according to Spanish news outlet La Voz de Galicia. The flight was delayed for 3 hours while the plane was fumigated. The spider is believed to have potentially boarded the plane during a layover in Casablanca, Morocco, on Feb. 18. While the creature's identity remains uncertain, a species of tarantula, native to Morocco and parts of Southern Europe, could be responsible. This particular tarantula is found in regions including Spain, Sicily, Tunisia, and Libya. According to the plane's itinerary, the spider could have traveled across multiple destinations, including Brussels, Asturias, A Coruña, Zurich, Santiago, and Toulouse, before its final stop in Madrid. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Times of Oman
24-02-2025
- Business
- Times of Oman
Germany: Strikes paralyze Düsseldorf and Cologne airports
Düsseldorf: The airports of Cologne-Bonn and Düsseldorf in Germany were brought to a standstill on Monday by 24-hour warning strikes by public sector employees. At Cologne-Bonn Airport, where a strike began on Sunday evening, 106 of 168 scheduled takeoffs and landings were canceled on Monday. Further delays, cancellations or diversions could not be ruled out, the airport said. At Düsseldorf Airport, the warning strike began at 3 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Monday. According to information from Sunday, about a third of the 334 flights scheduled for the strike period were to be canceled. Both airports urged passengers to check the status of their flights with their airline or tour operator before traveling to the airport. The Verdi trade union has demanded an 8% pay increase for public sector workers that is at least €350 ($367) more per month, as well as higher bonuses for particularly stressful tasks and three additional days off. According to Verdi, 400 employees took part in the strike in Düsseldorf on Monday. The strikers work at airports in areas such as administration, check-in, aircraft handling, passenger and crew transportation, and baggage handling. The union is using the strikes to increase the pressure on the ongoing wage negotiations for the public sector. Last Tuesday, the second bargaining round in Potsdam also ended without a result. The third round of collective bargaining is scheduled to take place on March 14. Meanwhile, Verdi announced that it is planning a two-day warning strike at Munich Airport on Thursday and Friday to put pressure on the public sector wage negotiations. The strike is scheduled to begin at midnight on Wednesday and last until midnight on Friday. The union is expecting major disruptions as security checks and ground services are among the areas that will be affected, said Manuela Dietz of Verdi.
