Latest Aviation Headlines
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North Carolina Report Outlines Government Use of Drones
Mar 11 2014 // State and local governments in North Carolina could use unmanned aircraft for law enforcement, hurricane recovery and monitoring wildlife, a new state report suggests. While the report issued by State Chief Information...
Malaysian Military Tracked Missing Jetliner Turn to Strait of Malacca
Mar 11 2014 // Malaysia’s military believes it tracked a missing jetliner by radar over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country’s east coast, a military...
Rescuers Scour Sea for Malaysian Airliner Lost in ‘Unprecedented Mystery’
Mar 10 2014 // The disappearance of a Malaysian jetliner is an “unprecedented aviation mystery”, a senior official said on Monday, with a massive air and sea search now in its third day failing to find any confirmed trace of...
Judge’s Refusal to Fine Drone Operator Seen Spur to More Commercial Flying
Mar 10 2014 // A judge overturned a U.S. regulator’s first fine against a drone operator, a ruling that may lead to more commercial unmanned-aircraft flights in the U.S. before rules are written to govern their use. Judge Patrick...
The Future of Drones in the Insurance Industry
Mar 7 2014 // After a catastrophe hits, mobile units filled with adjusters are on site to evaluate property damage. Flash forward five years and an insured may never meet the property adjuster handling his or her claim. Instead, a drone...
Louisiana Runway Extension to Increase Traffic, Satisfy Insurance Requirements
Mar 6 2014 // On any given day, Louisiana Regional Airport just outside the city limits of Gonzales will have an average of 600 takeoffs and landings of small aircraft. The Advocate reports those numbers are likely to increase this...
Willis Transport Head Sees Huge Potential in Asian Aerospace, Engineering
Mar 5 2014 // Alastair Swift, Global Head of Transportation for Willis Group Holdings, pointed out that Asia continues to benefit from a period of staggering economic growth and seismic demographic shifts. As a result the region could...
Great American Insurance Group to Launch Aviation Division
Mar 5 2014 // Great American Insurance Group has launched a new line of specialty insurance products through its new Aviation Division. This venture will kick off the underwriting of the new product line on April 1, 2014. The Aviation...
Iceland Seen Threatened by Capital Flight from Its Own Citizens
Feb 28 2014 // Its own citizens may follow if the government doesn’t show it can lift capital controls in place since 2008 without triggering a currency sell-off, according to Iceland’s biggest insurance firm. If people lack...
Pilots Defend Safety of Home-Built Planes
Feb 28 2014 // Leonard McGarity flew countless miles during a quarter-century as an American Airlines pilot, captaining the most sophisticated planes in commercial aviation. But in his spare time, the 58-year-old McGarity enjoyed outings...
XL Group’s Specialty Businesses Launch Luxury Lines Program for Private Clients
Feb 24 2014 // XL Group’s Specialty insurance businesses in North America have teamed up on a new luxury lines to extend their equine, aviation, yacht, fine art, and kidnap, ransom & extortioncoverages to protect high net worth...
What Might Terrorists Do Next?
Feb 24 2014 // The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks created an atmosphere of anxiety and uncertainty. No one knew how many more large-scale attacks were in the pipeline. Might more Mohammad Attas already be in the country making the...
Storm Dumps More Snow on Northeast After Icing Southeast for 2 Days
Feb 13 2014 // The winter storm that cut electricity to more than half a million customers across the South and grounded 10,000 flights this week turned its power on the U.S. Northeast, bringing heavy snow from Virginia to Maine. In...
Oregon, California Among Top for Lasers Pointed Into Cockpits
Feb 13 2014 // Airline pilots and federal officials are launching a campaign to warn the public about the dangers of pointing lasers into cockpits. Some pilots have been temporarily blinded by the powerful beams of light. According to...
Georgia Lawmakers Eye Regulations for Drones
Feb 5 2014 // Georgia would take the first steps to regulating the use of drones through legislation under consideration in the General Assembly. Rep. Harry Geisinger, R-Roswell, has sponsored a bill that would provide for the lawful...
U.S. FAA Cuts India Aviation Safety Ranking as Standards Not Met
Jan 31 2014 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cut India’s safety ranking for the first time citing a failure to meet requirements, a move that could thwart local carriers’ expansion to the world’s biggest...
North Carolina Lawmakers Weigh Privacy Regulations for Drones
Jan 23 2014 // General Assembly members began learning more Tuesday about the emerging unmanned aircraft industry and are likely to debate soon what restrictions North Carolina could place on drones to protect people’s privacy. A...
Altitude Risk Partners Launches 1st Underwriting Cell on Castel’s MGA Platform
Jan 23 2014 // Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited, a member of the Barbican Insurance Group, announced that Altitude Risk Partners has become the first underwriting cell to utilize its “club-style” MGA platform to create a...
AssuredPartners Acquires InSight Aviation Insurance in Virginia
Jan 15 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc., through its Dawson Companies platform, has completed the acquisition of InSight Aviation Insurance in Richmond, Va. InSight Aviation is an agency that specializes in property/casualty insurance and...
Policing the ‘Dark Side’ of Internet of Things
Jan 13 2014 // The futuristic world of self-driving cars, eyeglasses that e-mail and trash cans that call for pickup is running into the old-fashioned pace of doing business in Washington. Companies from Google Inc. to Bayerische Motoren...
