Latest Aviation Headlines
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Global Aviation Safety Campaign Targets ‘Bunch of Garbage’ to Ease Pilot Overload
Apr 29 2021 // When it came time to land at San Francisco on July 7, 2017, the pilots of an Air Canada jet could not recall a critical piece of information buried on page eight of a 27-page briefing package: the closure of one of the...
Tech Firm Luminar, Planemaker Airbus Partner to Test Autonomous Flights
Apr 26 2021 // Luminar Technologies Inc. said on Monday it would partner with Airbus SE to test technologies which could increase aircraft safety and ultimately enable an autonomous flight with obstacle detection. The two companies will...
Price Forbes Aviation Launches Digital General Aviation Facility
Apr 20 2021 // Price Forbes announced the launch of a digital general aviation facility that will quote and bind risks with a leading Lloyd’s syndicate within minutes. The development within Price Forbes’ proprietary EDGE...
Risk of COVID-19 Exposure on Airlines Drops when Middle Seats Are Empty: Study
Apr 16 2021 // The risk of being exposed to the COVID-19 virus on an airline flight drops by as much as half when airlines keep middle seats open, a new study published by the U.S. government concludes, a safety practice the carriers...
2021 Brings Tough Insurance Market for Airplanes, Copters & More
Apr 5 2021 // The aviation insurance market is feeling the pressure on rates and availability after 10 years of soft conditions. Eric W. Barfield, chief operating officer at Assured Partners’ Aerospace division, says this small...
Boeing Directors Seek Dismissal of Investors’ Lawsuit Over 737 MAX Safety
Mar 30 2021 // Boeing Co. asked a Delaware court to throw out a shareholders’ lawsuit over the safety of its 737 MAX following fatal crashes, saying the board engaged in “robust and well-established” oversight of...
Hundreds of Flights Canceled During China’s Worst Sandstorm in Decade
Mar 16 2021 // BEIJING – China’s capital and a wide swath of the country’s north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Skyscrapers in the center of...
Reuters: Feinberg to Oversee Boeing 737 $500M Victim Compensation Fund
Mar 10 2021 // Prominent attorneys Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros have been named to oversee a $500 million victim compensation fund for the relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, a spokeswoman for...
Crash Victims’ Families Seek Boeing CEO Testimony; Lawmakers Seek FAA Records
Mar 1 2021 // Relatives of victims of a Boeing Co. 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia that occurred five months after an Indonesian Lion Air disaster are stepping up pressure on the American planemaker and the federal government, according to a...
U.S. Fines Boeing $6.6 Million Over Safety Pact Noncompliance, Enforcement Cases
Feb 26 2021 // Boeing Co. agreed Thursday to pay $6.6 million in penalties to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after U.S. regulators said it failed to comply with a 2015 safety agreement and cited other safety concerns. The...
Federal Aviation Safety Oversight Remains Weak, Vulnerable, Says Watchdog
Feb 25 2021 // The U.S. regulator that approved the flawed Boeing Co. 737 Max design has continuing weaknesses and is vulnerable to “future high-risk safety concerns,” a government watchdog report found. The Transportation...
Airline to Pay $3.2M After Woman Dies at Oregon Airport
Feb 25 2021 // A jury has ordered Alaska Airlines to pay $3.2 million to the family of a 75-year-old disabled woman who died four months after falling down a Portland International Airport escalator. KGW reports the family of Bernice...
Aviation Regulator Sees Pandemic Bringing New Safety Risks
Feb 24 2021 // U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson warned on Tuesday of a changed industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaken air travel over the past year and created new safety risks that must be...
Parts Fall from Colorado Sky in Boeing 777 Scare
Feb 22 2021 // David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way to a long-awaited vacation when a huge explosion and flash of light interrupted an in-flight announcement and put him in survival...
Airlines Urged to Ground 777 Jets After United Falling Debris Incident
Feb 22 2021 // Boeing Co. urged airlines to suspend the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend after U.S. regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while...
Boeing Issues Global Safety Warning to Pilots in Wake of Indonesian 737 Crash
Feb 18 2021 // Boeing Co. has issued a safety bulletin reminding pilots of the steps required to ensure they maintain control of their aircraft in the wake of last month’s deadly plunge of an Indonesian jetliner into the Java...
Allianz Makes Personnel Changes to Georgia-Based Aviation Team
Feb 11 2021 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s (AGCS) North American Aviation team has promoted two executives and hired a new underwriting specialist, effective immediately. Lamont Rosemond has been promoted to regional...
Lawsuit Over 2017 Connecticut Training Flight Crash Is Settled
Jan 29 2021 // The sister of a student pilot who died in a small plane crash in Connecticut in 2017 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the flight school she accused of failing to maintain the aircraft. Terms of the settlement...
Tornado Hits Florida’s Capital City; Damages, Closes Airport
Jan 29 2021 // A tornado touched down near the airport in Florida’s capital city Wednesday, flipping at least one small plane over and knocking out weather radar before moving east into residential neighborhoods, the National...
Airlines Seek WHO Approval of Quarantine-Free Travel After Vaccines
Jan 27 2021 // The airline industry has called on the World Health Organization to rule it’s safe for people to fly without quarantining once they’ve had a coronavirus vaccine. Acknowledgement of that principle from the...
