Latest Aviation Headlines
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British Airways Says ‘Sophisicated’ Hacker Stole Data on 380,000 Customers
Sep 10 2018 // British Airways apologized on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the most serious attack on its website and app. The airline discovered on...
Low-Level Airports at Risk from Flooding by Rising Sea Levels: Opinion
Sep 7 2018 // The sight of a flooded Kansai International Airport and 3,000 stranded people after Typhoon Jebi slammed into southern Japan this week should be a warning to the world’s infrastructure investors. Airports have been a...
Rescues, Power Restoration Underway on Japan’s Northern Island Hit by Quake
Sep 6 2018 // Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido began to restore power after a strong earthquake overnight knocked out electricity throughout the entire prefecture of more than 5 million people. The magnitude 6.7 quake that hit...
Eleven Aboard Flight from Dubai Hospitalized in Apparent Flu Outbreak
Sep 6 2018 // Eleven people on an Emirates airline flight were taken to a New York City hospital suffering flu-like symptoms on Wednesday after scores of passengers and crew complained of feeling sick during a 14-hour trip from the...
Plane from Dubai Held at New York Airport; 100 Passengers Reported Ill
Sep 5 2018 // As many as 100 passengers and crew reported feeling ill on Wednesday during an Emirates flight from Dubai to New York, and health workers were evaluating them as the airplane sat on the tarmac of JFK International Airport,...
Typhoon Jebi Hits Osaka in Japan, Leaving a Trail of Damage, Airport Closed
Sep 5 2018 // Regions around Osaka, Japan’s second biggest population center, struggled to recover from damage left by Typhoon Jebi, which left 10 people dead, hundreds of thousands of buildings without power and the area’s...
Typhoon Jebi Makes Landfall in Japan as Strongest Storm to Hit Country in 25 Years
Sep 4 2018 // Typhoon Jebi made landfall in western Japan on Tuesday, the strongest tropical cyclone to come ashore in Japan in 25 years, and has picked up speed as it bears down on one of Japan’s most densely populated areas. The...
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...
South Korea Braces for Typhoon Soulik, While Typhoon Cimarron Aims at Japan
Aug 24 2018 // An approaching typhoon has whipped up strong winds, waves and heavy rain in southern South Korea, leaving one person missing and one injured, while another typhoon headed for western Japan on Thursday. Typhoon Soulik is...
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...
Hawaii to Allow Rideshare Operators at Honolulu Airport
Aug 17 2018 // Hawaii will allow ridesharing services to operate at the Honolulu airport on a permanent basis after changes were approved to administration rules. Uber and Lyft, which the state refers to as transportation network...
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...
Seattle Airplane Theft Shows Potential Dangers from Airline Workers
Aug 13 2018 // The theft of an empty plane by an airline worker who performed dangerous loops before crashing into a remote island in Washington’s Puget Sound illustrated what aviation experts have long known: One of the biggest...
Higginbotham Acquires Aviation Specialist, Colt Risk Management
Aug 10 2018 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham has acquired Colt Risk Management Services (CRMS). CRMS is an independent commercial insurance broker specializing in aviation risk. The CRMS team has moved to Higginbotham’s...
Starr to Acquire Aspen’s Aviation Insurance Renewal Business
Aug 7 2018 // Starr Insurance Companies, one of the largest aviation insurers, has agreed to acquire the renewal rights of Aspen Insurance’s aviation business, which the insurer says is in excess of $50 million in gross written...
U.S. Passengers File Lawsuits Against Aeromexico over Plane Crash
Aug 7 2018 // Eleven U.S. passengers who survived an Aeromexico crash in the northern Mexican state of Durango on July 31 filed lawsuits against the airline in Chicago on Monday, according to a statement by Chicago-based attorneys...
As Underwriting Pain Increases, Insurers Pull Back from Underperforming Lines
Aug 6 2018 // News that Lloyd’s is undergoing a strategic review of its operations may be part of a larger industrywide phenomenon—reality is setting in and underwriting pain is increasing, an industry executive said last...
Laptop Battery Fire in Checked Luggage Could Bring Down an Airliner: Study
Aug 3 2018 // A single personal electronic device that overheats and catches fire in checked luggage on an airliner can overpower the aircraft’s fire suppression system, potentially creating a fire that could rage uncontrolled,...
Crash Investigators Locate Aeromexico’s Flight Recorders
Aug 2 2018 // At least 65 U.S. citizens were aboard the Aeromexico passenger jet that crashed in northern Mexico, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, as investigators combed the wreckage for clues to the cause of the accident. The Mexico...
Aeromexico Plane Crash Causes Dozens of Injuries but No Deaths
Aug 1 2018 // Dozens of people were injured when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed right after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango on Tuesday, but authorities said most were not seriously hurt and there were no...
