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Pilot who crashed one of Spain’s traffic helicopters tests positive for cocaine and amphetamine

A PILOT for one of Spain’s traffic helicopters, which are used to detect infractions on the road, has been arrested after crashing his aircraft on Sunday and subsequently testing positive for cocaine

7 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Driver walks away from van following 60 metre ravine plunge on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante Province motorist cheated death on Tuesday when his van plunged 60 metres down a ravine in the Petrer area. The 24-year-old man was not trapped in the vehicle, enabling him

10 Jan, 2023 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Helicopter rescue and airlift to hospital of injured hiker in Spain’s Torremolinos

A 54-year-old woman, who suffered a bad fall whilst hiking up the Jabalcuza Peak in Torremolinos, has been rescued by emergency air evacuation. The alarm was raised at around 2pm, yesterday, Sunday

28 Nov, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Irish hiker, 75, plunges ten metres to her death on Spain’s Mallorca

AN Irish woman, 75, died on Sunday after falling ten metres during a hiking trek in the Escorca area of Mallorca. The victim was part of an organised group of 12 people,

24 Oct, 2022 @ 12:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Helicopter hoists out trapped horse from ditch on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIREFIGHTERS used a helicopter on Sunday to lift out a horse trapped in a seven-metre deep ditch in Pinoso, Alicante Province. The rescue took place in the Cabeco de la Sal mountain

3 Oct, 2022 @ 11:16

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British toddler drowns in villa swimming pool on Spain's Costa Blanca 18-month-old boy could not be revived in La Nucia

British toddler drowns in swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A British toddler drowned in a swimming pool at Aigues on Wednesday. The Guardia Civil in Xixona got a report at 6.15 pm of an incident at a property on the El

26 May, 2022 @ 16:17

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Premium

Fresh Tragedy Strikes Scenic Costa Blanca Ravine Area In Spain After Hiker Falls To His Death Down Waterfall

Fresh tragedy strikes scenic Costa Blanca ravine in Spain after hiker falls down waterfall

A hiker, 24, died on Sunday after falling down a waterfall into an Alicante Province ravine at Bolulla. It’s the third death in nine days in the same area after a double

18 Apr, 2022 @ 11:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

Illegal helicopter flights, car chases and police raids – armed gang of 11 drug smugglers arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

CRIMINAL GANGS have taken to the skies in order to get their drugs into Spain. A multi-operational team combining Guardia Civil, OFAST and Europol have dismantled a group of drug smugglers seizing

9 Jan, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Andalucia migrant death tragedy in Spain as dinghies sink off Almeria coast

SPAIN’S Salvamento Maritimo(Maritime Rescue) is searching for ten migrants who disappeared from two dinghies off the Almeria coast. The Salvamar Spica is spearheading the search along with a helicopter and a Guardia

3 Jan, 2022 @ 12:56

Almeria·Lead

Forest fires are a constant threat in the Valencia region

Forest fire lights up hills above Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

ON Tuesday evening, at around 11pm, the hills above Spain’s Marbella became victim to another forest fire. Up in the mountains, near Ojen, the fire blazed through much of the night and

11 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead

Forest fires brought under control on Costa del Sol in southern Spain

DOZENS of firefighters and helicopters worked through the day and night on Monday 19, to put out multiple forest fires in Torrox and Estepona on the Costa del Sol and further inland

20 Jul, 2021 @ 13:05

Lead·Malaga

The regional government has offered several drones to keep an eye on problematic areas

EYE IN THE SKY: A helicopter and drones to reinforce local lockdowns in the Valencia region

TOWNS and cities throughout the Valencian Community that are currently under municipal lockdown could begin using helicopters and drones to control access points. So far, up to 29 municipalities have been placed

14 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Couple rescued by helicopter after being stranded overnight on mountain on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRAVE firefighters rescued a young couple on Monday night in the Sierra de Crevillente, close to Costa Blanca’s Albatera. One of the couple, a woman, had fallen just before 11pm and suffered

27 May, 2020 @ 11:01

Costa Blanca

IN PICTURES: Aftermath of huge fire that ripped through hills of Spain’s Costa del Sol

As many as 90 firefighters had been called into extinguish the inferno, while up to 40 people are believed to have been evacuated

19 Oct, 2019 @ 18:31

Environment·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Huge fire breaks out at harbour in Spain’s Ibiza as reports claim hotel is burning down

Planes and helicopters have been mobilised to tackle the blaze

26 Aug, 2019 @ 19:15

Lead

Power lines prevent wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol being extinguished as 290 hectares of land torched

“My husband and I have been coming to Estepona for eight years and we have seen fires before, but nothing like this”

20 Aug, 2019 @ 13:33

Environment·Lead·Malaga

EMERGENCY declared over wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol as 50 evacuated, while helicopters, planes and 170 firefighters battle blaze

Meanwhile, five people have been treated for smoke poisoning, minor burns and bruises, but they were not hospitalised

19 Aug, 2019 @ 20:35

Environment·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Two helicopters and 55 firefighters battling wildfire on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Crews from Estepona, Manilva and Algatocin have all been sent to tackle the blaze

19 Aug, 2019 @ 14:26

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Boy, 2, dies after falling into swimming pool in Spain’s Malaga

A helicopter was also scrambled to Calle Las Coberteras, where the little boy was found, but doctors could not save his life

20 Jun, 2019 @ 11:36

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Two people saved by HELICOPTER from roof of burning building in Ibiza

TWO people have been rescued by helicopter from a burning building in Ibiza. The helicopter landed on the blazing apartment block on Carrer de Jacinta Arquenza on Monday while black smoke billowed

15 May, 2019 @ 10:34

Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Engine room fire on Spain-bound ferry carrying British tourists and 900 people, as navy helicopters scrambled

Passengers were given the option to travel back to the UK or continue to Spain, and would be compensated either way

30 Apr, 2019 @ 12:38

Lead·Travel News

British rock-climber suffers ‘severe’ head injuries after falling 10 metres on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH rock-climber has been rescued by firefighters after falling 10 metres on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The woman, who’s identity is not yet known, suffered a cranioencephalic traumatism, hip rupture, severe blows

9 Apr, 2019 @ 00:37

Costa Blanca·Lead

IS IT A BIRD? Gibraltar introduces helicopter sightseeing tours in 2019 with Norwegian firm Fonnafly

It comes after years of collaboration between the Gibraltar government and Mr John-Erik Sogn, a Norwegian pilot living in Marbella

21 Jan, 2019 @ 18:37

Gibraltar·Lead·Travel News

Autopsy reveals Marbella shooting victim had more than 20 bullet wounds from AK-47

The killer, believed to be hired by a criminal gang, dumped the weapon in a bin, before speeding away from police on a motorbike

22 Nov, 2018 @ 13:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Aircraft scrambled to forest fire in Spain’s Malaga

UPDATE: The fire has been controlled. A WILDFIRE has broken out in the province of Malaga. The blaze is believed to have started this afternoon in the Los Asperones area in Puerto

4 Sep, 2018 @ 17:18

Lead

WATCH: Drug smuggler does a runner after crashing boat on Costa del Sol beach in Spain as helicopter circles above

THIS is the moment an alleged drug trafficker makes a run for it after crashing his boat on a Costa del Sol beach. The clip shows the alleged smuggler wash up on

9 Jul, 2018 @ 21:07

Crime & Law·Lead