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Insurers AIG, USAA Receive OK to Test Use of Drones
Apr 8 2015 // Two more insurers have received approval to test the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for their business. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved requests from USAA and American...
German Aviation Authority Didn’t Know Crash Pilot’s Medical History
Apr 6 2015 // The German aviation authority did not know about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s medical background prior to the Germanwings crash that killed 150 people, it told Reuters on Sunday, raising more questions over medical...
Families of Germanwings Crash Victims Must Prepare for Differing Payouts
Apr 2 2015 // Families of those killed aboard the Germanwings flight are likely to receive vastly different payouts depending on their nationality, where they bought the ticket, and how much they earned, even though they all shared the...
Zurich Canada Launches Drone Insurance Product for Corporate Clients
Apr 2 2015 // Zurich Canada announced that it has “launched a new insurance product that will help its customers across a range of industries take advantage of the risk mitigation and cost saving opportunities available through...
A.M. Best: Germanwings Crash May Put More Pressure on Aviation War Sector
Mar 31 2015 // A.M. Best said the total insurance loss of Germanwings Flight 4U9525, which crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015 killing 150 people, may put further pressure on the beleaguered aviation war sector. The total...
Lockheed to Settle Georgia Aircraft Plant Billing Dispute with Government for $2M
Mar 31 2015 // Federal prosecutors in Atlanta say Lockheed Martin Corp. has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations it overbilled the government for fuel it used while manufacturing planes for the U.S. Air Force. Prosecutors say...
Co-Pilot’s Ex-Girlfriend Tells of his Psychiatric Problems; Big ‘Gesture’ Plan
Mar 30 2015 // The co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing an airliner, killing 150 people, had told his girlfriend he was planning a spectacular gesture so “everyone will know my name,” a German daily said on...
Ex-Pilot’s Suit Says JetBlue Should Have Known He Was Unfit to Fly
Mar 29 2015 // A former JetBlue Airways Corp. pilot whose midair meltdown forced an emergency landing of a 2012 flight on Friday sued the carrier for $14.9 million, saying it should have grounded him because it knew he was incapable of...
Update: Lufthansa Liability May be Unlimited; Insurance in Play
Mar 27 2015 // The families of passengers on the doomed jet operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Germanwings will able to seek unlimited recoveries from the carrier because the co-pilot may have deliberately crashed the plane into...
Germanwings Crash Shows Need for Protections Against Suicidal Crew Members
Mar 26 2015 // The suspected intentional destruction of a Germanwings jet by a pilot shows the need for new protections against suicidal crew members, a threat emerging as one of the worst in modern aviation, accident investigators...
Co-Pilot Likely Crashed Germanwings A320 Deliberately: French Prosecutor
Mar 26 2015 // The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have brought the A320 Airbus down deliberately, the Marseille prosecutor said on Thursday. German Andreas...
Allianz Is Lead Underwriter for Crashed Germanwings Airbus A320
Mar 25 2015 // German insurer Allianz confirmed it was the lead insurance underwriter for the Airbus A320 plane which crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday. All 150 people on board the plane, operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings...
Insurers Say Drone Rules Needed for Risk Evaluation
Mar 24 2015 // Insurers applauded a Senate subcommittee for holding a hearing on the use of unmanned aircraft systems and urged swift action from federal regulators charged with integrating the technology into the National Airspace...
FAA Eases Rules for Commercial Drones
Mar 24 2015 // Commercial drone operators will have an easier time using and testing their devices in the U.S. after the Federal Aviation Administration said it has loosened some requirements for obtaining government permission to...
Germanwings Airbus A320 Crashes in France; Survivors Unlikely
Mar 24 2015 // An Airbus A320 crash in southern France may have claimed the lives of all 150 people on board, in what would be the worst air accident on French soil in decades. Germanwings Flight 9525 operated by the low-cost subsidiary...
Sheriff: New Orleans Airport Attacker Had Machete, Explosives
Mar 23 2015 // A machete-wielding attacker who died hours after being shot by a sheriff’s deputy who stopped his rampage at New Orleans’ international airport had a bag loaded with Molotov cocktails, authorities say. Richard...
U.S. to Streamline Approval for Commercial Drone Use
Mar 22 2015 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration plans to unveil new steps soon to make it easier for companies to use drone aircraft for specific business operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Commercial...
Pilots: Brakes Were On, but Plane at La Guardia Didn’t Slow
Mar 11 2015 // The pilots of a Delta plane that skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport last week during a snowstorm have told investigators that automatic systems designed to slow down the plane were not working properly,...
NTSB Has Plenty of Questions to Answer in NYC Runway Slide
Mar 9 2015 // As the National Transportation Safety Board begins its investigation into a Delta jetliner that slid off a runway while landing during a snowstorm at LaGuardia Airport, there is no shortage of questions to pursue: How big...
Report on Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Says Locator Battery Expired
Mar 9 2015 // The Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing one year ago Sunday had an underwater locator beacon whose battery had expired in December 2012, according to an interim report on the incident. Flight 370 was also carrying...
