Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NOAA Aircrew Begins Hurricane Awareness Mission in Texas
May 1 2006 // With the impact of a record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season still etched on the coastline from Texas to Florida, and recovery on the minds of its residents, forecasters from the NOAA National Hurricane Center will...
Sweeney Named Chairman, CEO of U.S. Aviation Underwriters
Apr 28 2006 // General Re Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has named Michael L. Sweeney as chairman and chief executive officer of its aviation underwriting subsidiary, United States Aviation...
Woman Wins $27.5 Million in Racial Profile Suit Against Southwest Airlines
Apr 13 2006 // A Texas jury awarded $27.5 million (euro22.72 million) in damages to a woman of Iranian descent who said she was racially profiled when Southwest Airlines Co. accused her of assaulting a flight attendant. Samantha...
Lloyd’s Looks at Covering Virgin Galactic Space Flight
Apr 4 2006 // For centuries mankind dreamed of being able to fly. The Wright brothers may not have envisioned jet aircraft, let alone cattle car class, but they did initiate powered flight over 100 years ago. So with that mission...
US Airways can’t collect for 9/11 disruption, court rules
Mar 19 2006 // US Airways cannot collect insurance for post-9/11 business losses because it already received money for that purpose from the federal government, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 3, according to an Associate Press...
Converium to Sell Nordic Aviation
Mar 8 2006 // Zurich-based Converium Holding Ltd. announced that it has agreed in principle to sell its shareholdings in its Danish subsidiary Nordic Aviation Insurance. The buyer is reportedly Australia’s QBE, however, neither...
Court: US Airways Can’t Collect Insurance for 9/11 Disruption
Mar 6 2006 // US Airways cannot collect insurance for post-9/11 business losses because it already received money for that purpose from the federal government, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled March 3. The Tempe, Ariz.-based air carrier...
XL Insurance Notes New Developments in Global Aerospace Operations
Mar 6 2006 // David Duclos, COO for XL Capital Ltd’s (“XL”) insurance operations (“XL Insurance”), reported changes within XL Insurance’s global aerospace business. London-based Peter Bilsby has been...
Boeing Named as Defendant in Greek Air Crash Lawsuit
Feb 22 2006 // The law firm of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced that, in cooperation with the Cyprus-based law firm of Phoebus, Christos Clerides, N. Pirilides & Associates, that families of victims of the...
NTSB Acting Chairman Emphasizes Board’s Role in General Aviation Safety
Feb 15 2006 // National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker this week reiterated the Safety Board’s commitment to the safety of the general aviation community. “Having a safe and efficient aviation...
Hupp Named President at AIG Aviation
Feb 9 2006 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) reported that David Hupp has been named president and chief executive officer of AIG Aviation Inc. (AIG Aviation), a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG. Hupp will be responsible for...
High Winds Leave Heavy Damage in Hurricane-Hit Areas of New Orleans
Feb 3 2006 // A violent thunderstorm swept through neighborhoods in New Orleans hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, tearing off roofs, knocking down utility poles and collapsing at least one previously storm-damaged house early on Feb. 2,...
Feds Seek to Prevent Air Ambulance Crashes But Question is How
Jan 26 2006 // The 55 air ambulance accidents over the past three years didn’t have to happen, and federal safety investigators say they want to prevent future crashes with better pilot training, night vision goggles and crash...
Calif. Plane Crash Kills Four
Jan 24 2006 // Four people were killed Tuesday morning when a small airplane skidded off the end of the runway at the McClellan-Palomar Airport near San Diego. The plane took off in Hailey, Idaho, near Sun Valley, and crashed around 6:40...
Suit filed, Chalk’s crash victims request insurance proceeds
Jan 23 2006 // A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money, was filed on by relatives of a woman and her infant...
Suit filed, Chalk’s crash victims request insurance proceeds
Jan 22 2006 // A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money, was filed on by relatives of a woman and her infant...
Playing with airplanes and other exceptions to the ‘eight corners’ rule
Jan 22 2006 // While attempting to weigh it, the insured tipped the plane on its nose, pinning the friend under the propeller and injuring him. The aircraft exclusion of the homeowner’s policy-an infrequent backdrop to insurance...
Northeast Winds Topple Trees, Power Lines from Mass. to Maryland
Jan 18 2006 // Usually snow and ice are the culprits this time of year in the Northeast for problems with the weather. Wednesday, though, proved to be Mother Nature offering a different problem for residents. Winds, in some cases...
Fla. Seaplane Crash Victims File Wrongful Death Lawsuit for Chalk’s Airline Insurance Proceeds
Jan 4 2006 // A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money was filed on Tuesday by relatives of a woman and her infant...
Exclusions Aircraft
Jan 2 2006 // ‘Aircraft’exclusions ineffective Tucker v. Texas Lloyds Insurance Co. (Texas, Dec. 6, 2005)Plaintiff and his friend, Hartless, were moving Tucker’s inoperable, home-built light plane onto movable scales...
