Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Future of Drone Industry Clouded by Panel’s Failure to Agree on Security
Oct 11 2017 // A panel of industry and law enforcement officials couldn’t agree on how civilian drones should be tracked by authorities, adding uncertainty to the push for expanded commercial uses. The advisory committee,...
Drone’s Collision With Army Helicopter Over New York Probed
Oct 6 2017 // Federal investigators have opened their first probe of a mid-air collision between a civilian drone and a traditional aircraft. An Army UH-60 helicopter was flying east of Staten Island on Sept. 21 when it collided with a...
Starr Adds Commercial Auto Coverage for Aviation Insureds
Oct 5 2017 // Starr Companies has added commercial auto coverage for aviation insureds. Auto coverage is available on an ‘any auto’ basis for fleets owned by companies operating in the aviation industry when purchased along...
Get Very Used to Drone Usage in the Insurance Industry
Oct 4 2017 // One major insurance carrier already has a program underway to train claims adjusters to visit accident sites and fly drones to gather data. American Family Insurance started working on developing a drone program around...
Connecticut’s Sutton James Aviation Insurance Brokers Joins Optisure
Oct 3 2017 // Sutton James Aviation Insurance Brokers, a Hartford, Conn.-based resource for aviation-related coverages throughout North and South America, has joined Optisure Risk Partners to lead the development of Optisure’s...
Final Lawsuit Settled in Deadly San Francisco Plane Crash
Oct 2 2017 // A California dentist who was aboard an Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco four years ago, killing three girls and injuring roughly 200 others, has reached a settlement with the airline, ending what her...
Dubai Stages First Public Test of Drone Taxi Service with Electric Volocopter
Sep 27 2017 // Talk about rising above the masses. Dubai staged the first public test of its drone taxi service on Monday, offering a peek at what it might—or will—be like to commute by flying car. The self-piloting, electric...
Final Lawsuit Settled in Deadly San Francisco Plane Crash
Sep 25 2017 // A California dentist who was aboard an Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco four years ago, killing three girls and injuring roughly 200 others, has reached a settlement with the airline, ending what her...
Global Aerospace Launches Aviation Professional Services Liability Insurance
Sep 20 2017 // Parsippany, New Jersey, September 20, 2017 – Global Aerospace, a leading provider of aerospace insurance, announces the introduction of Aviation Professional Services Liability insurance for the aerospace industry. The...
Irma’s Path Through the Southeast Causes Flooding; Kills 2 in Georgia, 2 in South Carolina
Sep 13 2017 // Joey Spalding walks back to his truck down the street where he lives, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, on Tybee Island, Ga. Spalding just finished repairing his house from nine inches of water after Hurricane Matthew passed the...
Irma Update: Tropical Storm Exits Florida for Georgia After Flooding Cities, Cutting Utilities
Sep 10 2017 // Downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, Irma flooded several northern Florida cities with heavy rain and a high storm surge on Monday as it headed out of the state after cutting power to millions and ripping roofs...
Life-Threatening Hurricane Irma Heads for Miami-Dade County
Sep 8 2017 // Hurricane Irma continued on a collision course with Miami after devastating a chain of Caribbean islands, triggering the largest evacuation in Miami-Dade County history and threatening to become the most expensive storm in...
Hurricane Irma Brings Fierce Winds, Surf and Rain to Caribbean Islands
Sep 6 2017 // Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, churned across northern Caribbean islands on Wednesday with a potentially catastrophic mix of fierce winds, surf and rain, en route to a possible...
Insurers Deploy Drone Fleets to Speed Harvey Disaster Recovery
Aug 30 2017 // Fleets of commercial drones are primed to hover over the destruction from Tropical Storm Harvey in an unprecedented test of unmanned aircraft’s ability to assess billions of dollars in damage for the insurance...
Hobbyist Drones Banned from Harvey Rescue Area
Aug 30 2017 // Aviation regulators imposed a prohibition on hobbyist drones and other civilian aircraft flying in the area affected by Tropical Storm Harvey after concerns were raised about potential interference of rescue efforts. The...
Hurricane Harvey Shutters Key Oil, Gas Operations in Texas
Aug 27 2017 // Key oil and gas facilities along the Texas Gulf Coast have temporarily shut down as Hurricane Harvey pounds the region with torrential rain and high winds, virtually assuring gasoline prices will rise in the storm’s...
Airbus A350 Operators Must Upload Software Fix to Prevent Risk of Explosion
Aug 24 2017 // European aviation safety authorities have issued an emergency directive for operators of the Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft to upload a software fix to prevent potential overheating of the hydraulic system and a risk...
Harvey Set to Bring ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding Across Texas
Aug 23 2017 // Harvey, which could strengthen into the first hurricane to strike Texas since 2008, forced workers off Gulf of Mexico platforms, sent cotton rallying and has airlines preparing for flight disruptions. Tropical Storm...
Researchers Using Airplanes to Map Earthquake Faults in Oklahoma
Aug 23 2017 // Researchers are turning to the sky to help stop earthquakes from rumbling deep beneath the Oklahoma soil. The U.S. Geological Survey in coordination with the Oklahoma Geological Survey and other groups last week began...
Severe Typhoon Hato Lashes Hong Kong; Flash Flood Warning Issued
Aug 23 2017 // Severe Typhoon Hato made landfall in China after it lashed Hong Kong with heavy winds and rain, forcing the city to issue the highest storm warning and its stock exchange to cancel trading for the day. The Hong Kong...
