Latest Aerospace Headlines
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U.S. Pilots Maintain Boeing Never Warned of System Linked to 737 Crash in Indonesia
Nov 13 2018 // Two U.S. pilots’ unions say the potential risks of a safety feature on Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft that has been linked to a deadly crash in Indonesia weren’t sufficiently spelled out in their manuals...
New Clues to Lion Air 737 Max Crash Revealed in Boeing, FAA Warnings
Nov 8 2018 // A Boeing Co. warning to 737 Max operators around the globe provides the first clues about how bad data from an airflow sensor might have contributed to the deadly crash of an Indonesian airliner last week. The bulletin and...
Update: Boeing Issues Warning About 737 Max Jet in Response to Lion Air Crash
Nov 7 2018 // Boeing Co. is advising airlines on procedures to deal with false readings from an plane sensor that authorities say malfunctioned on a 737 Max jet that crashed off the Indonesian coast over a week ago. The...
Data Recorder Shows Crashed Boeing 737 Max Had Airspeed Issues on Last 4 Flights
Nov 6 2018 // The Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four flights and Indonesian investigators called on planemaker Boeing Co. and U.S. authorities to ensure there...
Crashed Lion Air Boeing Jet Previously Had Problems with Altitude, Speed Sensors
Nov 2 2018 // The Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea off Indonesia earlier this week had experienced problems with the sensors used to calculate altitude and speed on its previous flight, an issue that could help explain why...
Boeing 737 Max, Operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, Crashes with 189 on Board
Oct 29 2018 // A Boeing Co. 737 Max jet, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, crashed in the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the model’s first accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three...
Single Pilot Operations for Air Cargo a Test for Autonomous Flying
Oct 11 2018 // Aerospace and innovation have gone hand-in-hand since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Airplanes were once simple metal tubes powered by propellers. Long-haul flying meant four engines and at least three pilots on...
Nexus Completes Acquisition of Castel’s Aerospace MGA Altitude Risk Partners
Sep 10 2018 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has completed the acquisition of Altitude Risk Partners from the club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited in an asset...
Marsh’s Fine Joins JLT Specialty’s Aerospace Team
Sep 5 2018 // Broker JLT Specialty USA has named Bruce S. Fine as Global Aerospace Manufacturers and Infrastructure Industry leader. Based in Atlanta, Fine will be a member of the Global Specialty – Aerospace leadership team as...
Boeing Sued Over Contamination of Washington River
Sep 3 2018 // A new lawsuit says the Boeing aircraft company is poisoning the Duwamish River by pumping out pollution that is far and away above the legal limit. Environmental groups Puget Soundkeeper and Waste Action Project say the...
Boeing Sued Over Contamination of Washington River
Aug 22 2018 // A new lawsuit says the Boeing aircraft company is poisoning the Duwamish River by pumping out pollution that is far and away above the legal limit. KOMO-TV reported environmental groups Puget Soundkeeper and Waste Action...
NOAA Update: Fewer Atlantic Storms Expected for Rest of Hurricane Season
Aug 20 2018 // Conditions in the ocean and the atmosphere are producing a less active Atlantic hurricane season than initially predicted in May. Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center said on Aug. 9 the likelihood of a...
Allianz Global Corporate Adds Setzer, Johnson to Aviation Underwriting Team
Aug 16 2018 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has hired Scott Setzer as an executive underwriter for Aviation, and Adam Johnson as an Aviation underwriter. Setzer will be based in Alpharetta, Georgia and Johnson in...
NOAA : Fewer Atlantic Storms Now Expected for Rest of Hurricane Season
Aug 10 2018 // Conditions in the ocean and the atmosphere are producing a less active Atlantic hurricane season than initially predicted in May. Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center said the likelihood of a...
‘Incredibly Shrinking Airline Seat’ Not a Safety Concern, Says FAA
Jul 6 2018 // Hopes for more legroom in increasingly cramped airplane cabins were dashed when U.S. regulators, responding to a court order, said they found no need to impose new standards on airlines. The Federal Aviation...
NOAA Expects Sea Level Rise to Produce Record Coastal Flooding This Year
Jun 18 2018 // Break out the galoshes. The projected increase in high tide flooding in 2018 may be as much as 60 percent higher across U.S. coastlines compared to typical flooding about 20 years ago, according to scientists at the...
Probe Says FAA Allowed Unsafe Charter Planes to Fly
Jun 15 2018 // Government aviation inspectors allowed unsafe aircraft to operate in U.S. commercial flight operations, a whistleblower investigation has concluded. The Federal Aviation Administration’s own review confirmed the...
NOAA Expects Sea Level Rise to Produce Record Coastal Flooding This Year
Jun 7 2018 // Break out the galoshes. The projected increase in high tide flooding in 2018 may be as much as 60 percent higher across U.S. coastlines compared to typical flooding about 20 years ago, according to scientists at the...
What NOAA Forecasts for 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season
May 25 2018 // On the heels of the costliest hurricane year on record, the Atlantic is expected to produce five to nine of the mighty storms during the six-month season that starts June 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
NOAA to Retire Hurricane Names Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate
Apr 16 2018 // The names of four deadly hurricanes that slammed parts of the United States, Central America and the Caribbean last year are being retired. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that hurricane names...
