Latest Aviation Headlines
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Airlines Urge Nations’ Regulators to Avoid Competing Safety Rules
May 20 2019 // Global airlines urged regulators on Friday not to compete over setting new safety rules, after two crashes led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and raised questions about the international influence of the U.S....
HDI Global Specialty Taps Jackson from Neon as Head of Aviation and Space
May 20 2019 // HDI Global Specialty SE, the specialty lines insurer, has recruited Martin Jackson as head of aviation and space. Jackson joins the London office on May 20 from Neon, where he was class underwriter, marine and transport....
Jet-Powered Flying Taxi Completes Debut Flight Near Munich
May 17 2019 // The world’s first all-electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger jet has been unveiled after completing its first flight. German startup Lilium aims to have a fleet of the five-seat aircraft — which can...
Boeing 737 Max Crashes Could Cost European Insurers $450 Million
May 17 2019 // Europe’s biggest insurers are on the hook for as much as $450 million from a pair of airline crashes involving Boeing Co. 737 Max planes. Munich Re reckons it could pay 150 million euros ($168 million), an estimate...
Pinto or Tylenol? What’s Boeing’s Strategy for Restoring Public, Pilot Trust in 737 Brand?
May 14 2019 // Boeing Co.’s 737 Max is about to join the list of brands trying to come back from ignominy. Analysts are digging into decades-old safety scares for clues to the future of the jetliner — and Boeing’s...
Texas Lawmakers Question FAA Delay on Hot-Air Balloon Regulations
May 13 2019 // The Federal Aviation Administration has not passed a new safety regulation that legislators say would fortify supervision of the hot-air balloon industry and help avoid fatal crashes similar to a Texas crash that killed 16...
Crash Victims’ Final Minutes Will Influence Financial Liability for Boeing, Insurers
May 13 2019 // The amount of money Boeing Co. and its insurers will pay to the families of those who perished aboard two doomed jets will be dictated in part by one particularly grim calculation: How long did the victims know they were...
Recent Airline Crashes Don’t Reflect Aviation Safety Record
May 10 2019 // With plane crashes making headlines recently, one in Florida with no fatalities and another in Russia that killed dozens, travelers might question whether flying has become less safe. Aviation experts regard the recent...
Airports Told They Need FAA Approval to Install Drone Defense Measures
May 9 2019 // The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airports in a letter released on Wednesday they could not install drone countermeasures without federal consent, warning they could pose an aviation safety risk by interfering...
‘Thrust Reverser’ Broken On Plane that Slid Into Florida River
May 8 2019 // A component meant to slow an aircraft on landing was inoperative on the Boeing jetliner that slid off a runway into a river at a Florida military base, injuring 22 people, investigators said on Sunday. The failure of the...
Boeing Says 737s’ Optional Data Display Alert Was Not Safety Risk
May 6 2019 // Boeing Co. did not tell U.S. regulators for more than a year that it inadvertently made an alarm alerting pilots to a mismatch of flight data optional on the 737 MAX, instead of standard as on earlier 737s, but insisted on...
Employee Shuttle Bus Crashes at Newark Airport, 17 Injured
May 6 2019 // An employee shuttle bus crash at Newark Liberty International Airport has left 17 people injured. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the accident happened at about 5:30 a.m. Friday on a ramp leading to...
Aeroflot Plane Makes Fiery Emergency Landing at Moscow Airport, Killing 41 People
May 6 2019 // An Aeroflot PJSC plane on a domestic Russian flight made a fiery emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, killing 41 people. Flight SU1492 to Murmansk, a Sukhoi Superjet, suffered an engine fire after...
NTSB: ‘Range of Factors’ May Explain Boeing 737 Florida Runway Skid
May 6 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board will evaluate a range of factors that could help explain how a Boeing 737-800 plane arriving from Cuba slipped into a river after skidding off a runway in Florida, from human error...
Swiss Re’s Q1 Profit of $429M Hit by Natural Catastrophes, Boeing Crash
May 3 2019 // Reinsurer Swiss Re AG’s reported an unexpected 6 percent fall in quarterly net profit on Friday as claims from large losses offset higher net premiums and a solid return on investments. Net profit came in at $429...
Boeing Aims to Move Lion Air Crash Lawsuit from Chicago HQ to Indonesia
May 1 2019 // Faced with lawsuits over a plane crash half a world away, Boeing Co. is arguing it shouldn’t have to defend itself in a courtroom a short walk from its corporate headquarters. The world’s largest planemaker has...
Senators Push Regulator to Finalize Drone ID System
Apr 30 2019 // Two U.S. senators on Monday urged U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to finalize a long-delayed rule that would require the remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones. The U.S. Congress tasked the...
Boeing’s Legal Woes Over Crashes Mount with Negligence Suits by Families
Apr 30 2019 // Boeing Co. was sued Monday by two Canadians who lost 10 family members in the March crash of a 737 Max in Ethiopia, adding to the aircraft manufacturer’s legal woes stemming from two deadly crashes by the jet. Among...
West Virgina Airport Awarded $14.8M in Runway Overrun Collapse Suit
Apr 30 2019 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the 2015 landslide that collapsed a runway safety overrun at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Yeager officials say the airport...
Battle of Words Continues Between Argo Group and Activist Shareholder
Apr 26 2019 // An activist Argo Group shareholder accuses the company of using a corporate jet for 1,500 flights in recent months and questions whether the trips were exclusively for business purposes. So goes the latest salvo fired...
