Latest Aviation Headlines
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Civilian Plane Crash Deaths Rose 15% in 2018
Nov 18 2019 // Federal safety officials say that 393 people died in U.S. civilian plane crashes last year, a 15% increase over the year before. All but a dozen of the deaths occurred in general aviation, which usually involves small...
FAA Chief Vows Improved Safety Reviews of New Aircrafts and Pilot Technology
Nov 14 2019 // Aviation regulators around the world need to do a better job of assessing hazards in aircraft designs and understanding how pilots might be tripped up by complex technology in the wake of the two fatal crashes on Boeing...
French Search Teams Find Fragments of Airbus Engine that Exploded in Flight
Nov 7 2019 // French volunteer search teams have found fragments from an engine that exploded in mid-air over eastern France in July, officials said on Wednesday. The discovery came in an unprecedented search operation involving 150...
Rate of Fatal Plane Crashes in Alaska Tops National Average
Nov 5 2019 // The rate of fatal airplane crashes in Alaska is higher than the national average, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB has preliminary reports for 10 fatal plane wrecks in Alaska for the 2019...
Four Family Members Injured in Plane Crash Outside Rochester
Oct 30 2019 // Four members of one family were injured Sunday when a small plane crashed on takeoff from an airport in upstate New York. According to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, the single-engine Beechcraft came down just...
Remnants of Olga Push into Mississippi, Leaving Damage
Oct 28 2019 // What’s left of Tropical Storm Olga was causing soggy conditions in Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday and dozens of flights were canceled or delayed at New Orleans’ main airport after two power outages. There...
Boeing 737 Max’s Design, Pilot and Regulatory Errors Caused Lion Air Crash
Oct 28 2019 // Indonesian investigators found sweeping problems and missteps in connection with last year’s fatal Lion Air crash, including design flaws in Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jet, certification failures by the U.S....
Senators Introduce Safety Legislation to Address Boeing 737 Issues
Oct 28 2019 // Two Democrats on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday introduced legislation to mandate numerous aviation safety recommendations in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people and led to...
UPS Drone Service to Deliver CVS Health Prescriptions to Homes
Oct 22 2019 // United Parcel Service Inc.’s new Flight Forward drone unit will soon start home prescription delivery from CVS Health Corp. The service, which will debut in one or two U.S. cities in the coming weeks, shows how the...
On-Demand Insurance to Play Major Role in Industry’s Future: IUA Research
Oct 18 2019 // On-demand insurance will play a fundamental role in the future of the industry, according to research published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). Pay-as-you go models of cover will allow customers to...
Australia Steps Up Biosecurity at Airports to Prevent Deadly African Swine Fever
Oct 15 2019 // Australia banned a traveler from visiting for three years after she failed to declare her suitcase was loaded with food, including products that risk introducing a pig-killing virus. The 44-year-old woman, who arrived at...
MS Amlin Exits Aviation Insurance Market
Oct 14 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer and subsidiary of MS&AD, confirms its exit from the aviation insurance market, effective from Oct. 14 when it will cease underwriting aviation insurance renewals or new...
Global Safety Regulators Fault U.S., ‘Undue Pressure’ from Boeing for 737 Max Approval
Oct 11 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators assessing Boeing Co.’s 737 Max sometimes didn’t follow their own rules, used out-of-date procedures and lacked the resources and expertise to fully vet the design changes implicated in...
Marsh JLT Specialty Aviation Hires 4 Execs from Aon, Global Aerospace and Swiss Re
Oct 9 2019 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced four senior appointments to Marsh JLT Specialty’s Aviation Practice in London and New York. In London, Tony Ambrose and Martyn Holland are set to join as...
Former Police Officer, Insurance Analyst Among B-17 Victims
Oct 8 2019 // A former police officer and an insurance analyst were among the seven people killed in the crash of a B-17 bomber at a Connecticut airport, officials and relatives said Thursday. The World War II-era plane with 13 people...
Southwest Pilots Sue Boeing for Lost Pay, Legal Costs Over ‘Rush’ Sale of 737 Max
Oct 8 2019 // The union for Southwest Airlines Co. pilots sued Boeing Co., saying the manufacturer rushed output of the 737 Max jet to stay competitive, withholding key information about a feature that contributed to two fatal crashes...
How Drones Are Digitally Transforming Insurance Claims Inspections and Workflows
Oct 7 2019 // Somewhere in central Michigan, a pickup truck drives into a sleepy suburban neighborhood. An autonomous drone takes flight off the truck’s flatbed and, nearly silently, heads a half-mile east, slowing above a...
Vintage Plane Safety Faces Review Following B-17 Bomber Crash That Killed 7
Oct 6 2019 // The roar of its four engines, the plexiglass nose, the bristling machine guns — for history buffs and aviation enthusiasts, few thrills compare with that of a flight aboard aircraft like the B-17 Flying Fortress, the...
Recent Fatal Crashes Involving Vintage Aircraft
Oct 6 2019 // Last Wednesday’s crash of a World War II B-17 bomber in Connecticut was the latest in a long list of fatal crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes. Some other recent fatal crashes in...
World War II-Era Bomber Crashes; at Least Seven Reported Dead
Oct 4 2019 // A World War II-era B-17 bomber with 13 people aboard crashed and burned at the Hartford airport after encountering mechanical trouble on takeoff Wednesday, killing seven of them. The four-engine, propeller-driven plane...
