Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NTSB Acting Chairman Emphasizes Board’s Role in General Aviation Safety
Feb 15 2006 // National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker this week reiterated the Safety Board’s commitment to the safety of the general aviation community. “Having a safe and efficient aviation...
Hupp Named President at AIG Aviation
Feb 9 2006 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) reported that David Hupp has been named president and chief executive officer of AIG Aviation Inc. (AIG Aviation), a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG. Hupp will be responsible for...
High Winds Leave Heavy Damage in Hurricane-Hit Areas of New Orleans
Feb 3 2006 // A violent thunderstorm swept through neighborhoods in New Orleans hit hard by Hurricane Katrina, tearing off roofs, knocking down utility poles and collapsing at least one previously storm-damaged house early on Feb. 2,...
Feds Seek to Prevent Air Ambulance Crashes But Question is How
Jan 26 2006 // The 55 air ambulance accidents over the past three years didn’t have to happen, and federal safety investigators say they want to prevent future crashes with better pilot training, night vision goggles and crash...
Calif. Plane Crash Kills Four
Jan 24 2006 // Four people were killed Tuesday morning when a small airplane skidded off the end of the runway at the McClellan-Palomar Airport near San Diego. The plane took off in Hailey, Idaho, near Sun Valley, and crashed around 6:40...
Suit filed, Chalk’s crash victims request insurance proceeds
Jan 23 2006 // A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money, was filed on by relatives of a woman and her infant...
Suit filed, Chalk’s crash victims request insurance proceeds
Jan 22 2006 // A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money, was filed on by relatives of a woman and her infant...
Playing with airplanes and other exceptions to the ‘eight corners’ rule
Jan 22 2006 // While attempting to weigh it, the insured tipped the plane on its nose, pinning the friend under the propeller and injuring him. The aircraft exclusion of the homeowner’s policy-an infrequent backdrop to insurance...
Northeast Winds Topple Trees, Power Lines from Mass. to Maryland
Jan 18 2006 // Usually snow and ice are the culprits this time of year in the Northeast for problems with the weather. Wednesday, though, proved to be Mother Nature offering a different problem for residents. Winds, in some cases...
Fla. Seaplane Crash Victims File Wrongful Death Lawsuit for Chalk’s Airline Insurance Proceeds
Jan 4 2006 // A lawsuit asking a Miami-Dade Circuit Court to make sure victims of a Chalk’s Ocean Airways crash receive their share of the company’s insurance money was filed on Tuesday by relatives of a woman and her infant...
Exclusions Aircraft
Jan 2 2006 // ‘Aircraft’exclusions ineffective Tucker v. Texas Lloyds Insurance Co. (Texas, Dec. 6, 2005)Plaintiff and his friend, Hartless, were moving Tucker’s inoperable, home-built light plane onto movable scales...
Pilot error a factor in Midway Airport crash
Jan 1 2006 // After deciding it was safe to land in a snowstorm, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overran the zone where the plane needed to touch down, losing hundreds of feet of runway that would have helped stop the jet...
Grant of Attorney Fees
Jan 1 2006 // Mercury Insurance Company v. Cooper (Fla. App., 3rd Dist., Nov. 23, 2005) A driver was injured in an accident when struck by a motor vehicle insured by Mercury. Mercury filed a declaratory judgment action against the...
Courts Rule Truck Insurer Must Pay for Damaged Airplane
Dec 29 2005 // Two Michigan courts have ruled that the insurer of a truck must pay $18,000 for damage caused to a small airplane that crashed after clipping the truck as the pilot tried to land in a grassy airfield. Cincinnati Insurance...
Best Assigns ‘A-‘ Rating to Allianz Marine & Aviation
Dec 23 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to Germany’s Allianz Marine & Aviation...
Midway Accident Prompts Questions About Short Runways
Dec 19 2005 // A New Federal Law Encourages Airports to Build Safety Zones or Extend Runways by 2015 A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy Chicago runway on Dec. 8 brought renewed demands for buffer zones or...
Midway Accident Prompts Questions About Short Runways
Dec 18 2005 // A New Federal Law Encourages Airports to Build Safety Zones or Extend Runways by 2015 A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy Chicago runway on Dec. 8 brought renewed demands for buffer zones or...
Pilot Error a Factor in Southwest Airlines Midway Airport Crash
Dec 16 2005 // After deciding it was safe to land in a snowstorm, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 overran the zone where the plane needed to touch down, losing hundreds of feet of runway that would have helped stop the jet...
Hallmark Financial Services to Acquire Aerospace Holdings
Dec 14 2005 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Aerospace Holdings LLC. Aerospace, through various wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Aerospace Insurance Managers...
W.R. Berkley Launching Aviation Underwriting Facility
Dec 13 2005 // W. R. Berkley Corporation reported the formation of Berkley Aviation, LLC. Berkley Aviation will write aviation risks on behalf of W. R. Berkley Corporation’s insurance company subsidiaries. Berkley Aviation will...
