Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Ease Up On Commercial Drones, Scientists Advise Safety Regulators
Jun 14 2018 // Science advisers to the federal government say safety regulators are hindering the spread of commercial drones by being too cautious about the risks posed by the flying machines. The National Academies of Science,...
London Market’s Electronic Placing Platform, PPL, Now Trades Aviation Risks
Jun 11 2018 // The London market’s electronic placing platform, PPL Ltd., announced that aviation classes of business went live on the platform on June 11. “With only reinsurance and verticalized placements left to go, this...
Air Ambulances’ Sky-High Charges Leave Reimbursement Gaps, Lawsuits
Jun 11 2018 // When three-year-old West Cox’s fever hit 107 degrees, doctors called a helicopter. Hours earlier, the toddler, who’d been prescribed an antibiotic for a suspected ear infection, was at home in Princeton, West...
Airlines Urged to Use Predictive Models, Data Sharing to Keep Skies Safe
Jun 6 2018 // Global airlines, coming off a record-low accident rate in 2017, need to guard against complacency over safety as heavy growth in travel demand stretches the air transport system, industry leaders warned at a conference...
Rampant Brazil Cargo Theft Disrupts Retail, Drives Up Insurance Rates
May 31 2018 // In a bunker-like room in a gritty suburb of Sao Paulo, retired police colonel Antonio Marin and a dozen employees track the location of hundreds of cargo trucks on a bank of monitors. During his 34 years in Sao Paulo...
How Airlines Handle Medical Emergencies While in Flight
May 30 2018 // In May 2016, Lewis Christman was flying from Chicago to Rome when he suffered a bout of acute pancreatitis. He curled into a fetal position on the floor. He spent the next seven hours in agony while the plane flew on. The...
Southwest Crew Detail Engine Explosion Causing Emergency Philadelphia Landing
May 25 2018 // The flight crew on the Southwest Airlines jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an engine exploded described the harrowing experience in their first joint interview on Wednesday. Capt....
United Airlines Settles with Passenger Over Death of Puppy
May 24 2018 // United Airlines has reached a “resolution” with the owners of a small French bulldog puppy that died during a flight after a cabin attendant ordered it stowed in an overhead bin in March, the carrier said on...
High-Flying Drone Business May Leave Smaller Firms, Pioneers Behind
May 15 2018 // Andy Trench made $2,000 a day in 2015 taking sky-high photographs along the East Coast with a drone he made himself. Now, that same work fetches about $175. “It’s apparent that a lot of this industry is a race...
U.S. Selects 10 Drone Test Projects
May 10 2018 // The U.S. Transportation Department’s 10 winning drone pilot projects aimed at spurring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in a wide variety of fields do not include Amazon.com Inc. and China’s DJI, but do...
Southwest Air Jet Engine That Failed Was Inspected 7 Times
May 4 2018 // The fan blade that failed on a Southwest Airlines Co. plane last month, killing a passenger, had been inspected seven times since late 2012 but without the sophisticated technology airlines are now under orders to use. The...
U.S. Transportation Agency Sets Process for Approval of Drone Taxis
May 1 2018 // On-demand robotic flying taxis and drone deliveries are years away from reality, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has removed at least one barrier to their operation. Responding to work by companies including...
Passenger Sues Southwest Airlines, Engine Manufacturers Over Fatal Explosion
Apr 30 2018 // A lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co. has been filed by a passenger who was flying on last week’s flight 1380, in which an engine exploded and one person was killed. The lawsuit claims that since the accident, the...
American Airlines Accused of Negligence in Suit Over South Carolina Woman’s Death
Apr 30 2018 // The family of a South Carolina woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against American Airlines, accusing the company of negligence in her death following a medical emergency during a flight two years ago. In a lawsuit...
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty to Offer Drone Safety Products Through ParaZero
Apr 27 2018 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with Israel-based drone safety systems company ParaZero to offer its drone-safety products to insureds and help them manage risks involved with the operation of...
Southwest Has Paid Millions in Safety Violation Fines, Faced Union Safety Complaints
Apr 25 2018 // Southwest Airlines runs its planes hard. Planes flying for Dallas-based Southwest make many short hops and more trips per day than other U.S. airliners, which add to wear and tear on airplane parts, including the...
Cause of $6K in Damage to Small Arkansas Airport? Coyotes.
Apr 24 2018 // Officials at a small municipal airport in central Arkansas are battling an unlikely foe — coyotes that keep chewing on part of the taxiway. The damage at the North Little Rock Municipal Airport is expected to cost $6,000...
U.S., Europe Order Emergency Checks on 700 Engines Like One in Southwest Accident
Apr 23 2018 // U.S. and European airline regulators on Friday ordered emergency inspections within 20 days of nearly 700 aircraft engines similar to the one involved in a fatal Southwest Airlines engine blowout last week, citing risks of...
Southwest Sends $5K to Each Passenger on Engine Failure Flight
Apr 22 2018 // Southwest Airlines Co. confirmed Friday it has sent $5,000 checks to passengers aboard a flight that made an emergency landing this week after an engine failed, killing a passenger. The airline confirmed news reports from...
