Latest Aviation Headlines
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Bartosh Elected ASCnet Chair, Boeing Vice Chair
Sep 24 2010 // Independent agent Brian Bartosh, president of Alpena, Mich.-based Top O’ Michigan Insurance, has been elected to serve as 2011 chair of Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the users group for Applied Systems...
Ex-New Orleans Airport Director, Wife Back Out of Plea Deal
Sep 15 2010 // The former director of aviation at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport and his wife have backed out of a plea agreement to resolve charges they tried to profit from a bogus insurance claim after...
Venezuelan Plane Crash Kills 14; More Survive: 4 Missing
Sep 14 2010 // At least 14 people were killed Monday when a plane owned by Venezuela’s state-run airline Conviasa with 51 people on board slammed into the yard of a steel mill, officials said. Four on board were reported...
Former New Orleans Airport Director Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Sep 2 2010 // The former airport director at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Airport faces criminal charges in an alleged case mail and insurance fraud related to Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said Sean...
Arizona Has More Plane Crashes Than Rest of U.S.
Aug 10 2010 // A fatal plane crash in north Phoenix was Arizona’s ninth of the year. Safety experts have no clear explanation why Arizona consistently records higher fatal-crash rates for light aircraft than the rest of the United...
Moscow Choked by Wildfire Smoke, Heatwave; Villages Burn; Planes Diverted
Aug 6 2010 // Dense clouds of acrid smoke from peat and forest fires choked Russia’s capital on Friday, seeping into homes and offices, diverting planes and prompting exhausted Muscovites to wear surgical masks to filter the foul...
Ironshore Aviation Division Enters Global Space Insurance Market
Jul 22 2010 // Ironshore Inc.’s aviation division has entered a treaty reinsurance program with the Starr Group to provide protection against commercial satellite risk. The global space insurance program provides coverages for...
NationAir Selected as Broker for Cessna Affiliates Insurance Program
Jul 1 2010 // NationAir Aviation Insurance President Jeff Bauer announced that the West Chicago, Ill.-based company has been selected by XL Insurance to serve as a broker in the Cessna Affiliates Insurance Program. The program offers...
ACE Global Markets Appoints Brett Director of Aviation
Jun 8 2010 // ACE Global Markets (AGM) announced from London that it has appointed Malcolm Brett as Product Line Head of Aviation. John Green, who formerly headed the unit, will remain with the company as Director of Aviation. Richard...
Injured Passenger Can Sue Airline for Negligence in State Court
Jun 7 2010 // A disabled passenger who fell and injured himself while exiting a commuter plane in Philadelphia can sue the airline in state court, a federal court has ruled. The suit – which a lower court tossed, ruling that...
Why Some Volcanic Eruptions Produce Ash Clouds and Others Don’t
Jun 4 2010 // Volcanoes exist in many parts of the world, and their eruptions can be terrifying and devastating, as Aon Benfield’s Professor Russell Blong discusses in the previous article at:...
New Jersey Airport Not Liable for Plane Damaged by Car
May 28 2010 // An aviation firm that parks planes at an airport in New Jersey is not liable for damages to an aircraft struck by the car of sleeping driver, a state appeals court has ruled. The suit stemmed from a 2006 incident at...
Hunt for Clues after India Plane Crash Kills 158; 8 Survive
May 24 2010 // Grieving relatives collected the victims’ remains from a crashed Indian plane and investigators sifted through the rubble Sunday for the cockpit voice and the flight data recorder after India’s worst air...
Airline Industry Group Blasts Europe’s Handling of Volcanic Ash
May 19 2010 // European aviation authorities urgently need to revise their airspace rules to minimize disruption from ash emitted by an Icelandic volcano, the airline industry body IATA said on Tuesday. The International Air Transport...
Injured Passenger Can Sue Airline for Negligence in State Court
May 17 2010 // A disabled passenger who fell and injured himself while exiting a commuter plane in Philadelphia can sue the airline in state court, a federal court has ruled. The suit — which a lower court tossed, ruling that...
Volcanic Ash Grounds European Flights
May 17 2010 // Volcanic ash from Iceland caused widespread disruption at airports in Britain and other parts of northern Europe on Monday, grounding 1,000 flights and delaying hundreds of thousands of passengers, aviation officials...
Libyan Jet Crash Kills 103; Dutch Boy Sole Survivor
May 13 2010 // A Libyan Airbus jet crashed early on Wednesday as it tried to land at Tripoli airport, killing 103 people on board and leaving a Dutch boy the sole survivor, Libyan officials said. The Airbus A330-200, only in service...
Europe’s Travel Firms Count Costs of Volcanic Ash Disruptions
May 11 2010 // Europe’s travel industry is counting the cost of air traffic disruption caused by a volcanic ash cloud which forced thousands of flights to be cancelled and is braced for more stoppages this month. British travel...
ABI Advises Travelers After Latest Volcano Ash Cloud Disrupts Flights
May 10 2010 // Heightened eruptions from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused periodic closures of a number of European airports, as flights were cancelled, delayed or rerouted. Transatlantic air traffic between Europe and the...
Searchers Locate Area of ‘Black Boxes’ from Air France Flight 447 Crash
May 6 2010 // The location of black box recorders from a 2009 Air France crash that killed 228 people has been sharply narrowed down in the Atlantic Ocean, the French air accident investigation authority said on Thursday. France’s...
