Latest Aviation Headlines
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Big Chill Returns to Menace Northeast as Snow Storm Subsides
Jan 5 2018 // The fast-moving snow storm that pummeled the U.S. Northeast, grounding flights, knocking out power to thousands and causing coastal flooding, gave way to a brutal cold on Friday with dozens of cities expected to break...
‘Weather Bomb’ Hits Canada’s Nova Scotia Causing Power Outages, Canceled Flights
Jan 5 2018 // More than 80,000 customers were hit by power outages in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Thursday evening, leaving parts of the city of Halifax in the dark, as eastern Canada was battered by a massive storm arriving...
Outages, Flooding Expected as Giant Snow and Ice ‘Bomb’ Targets Eastern States
Jan 3 2018 // The worst storm of the winter season has knocked out power to thousands and canceled almost 3,000 flights. Next it threatens to bring more snow, ice and cold from Florida to Nova Scotia, including New York and...
2017 Was Safest Year Ever for Airlines
Jan 2 2018 // Airlines recorded zero accident deaths in commercial passenger jets last year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group that tracks crashes, making 2017 the safest year on record for commercial air...
Verdict Pending in Connecticut Lawsuit Over 2011 Plane Crash
Dec 29 2017 // A federal judge is considering whether an airline company should pay damages to a Connecticut woman injured in a plane crash in Guyana, South America, in 2011. Judge Michael Shea in Hartford, Conn., presided over a...
Delta Projects Revenue Hit of Up to $50M From Atlanta Airport Outage
Dec 22 2017 // The CEO of Delta Air Lines says the company will seek compensation for its losses after a power outage knocked out the Atlanta airport’s power supply and also its backup electricity for about 11 hours Sunday. The...
Tracking System Could Speed OK for Drone Deliveries in U.S.
Dec 21 2017 // Deliveries by drones took a step closer to being allowed in the U.S. after a federal advisory panel agreed on a framework for allowing law enforcement to routinely track the small devices. The committee’s report to...
Blakey Named President, CEO of Starr Insurance Holdings as Dangelo Retires
Dec 20 2017 // Starr Companies announced the appointment of Steve Blakey as president and chief executive officer of Starr Insurance Holdings. Blakey replaces Chuck Dangelo, who has announced his retirement. Dangelo has been with Starr...
U.S. Adds 7 Nuclear Sites to ‘No-Drone Zone’ List of Military Bases, Landmarks
Dec 19 2017 // The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it will bar drone flights over seven major U.S. nuclear sites, including Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The move is the latest in a series of growing...
400 Delta Flights Scrapped After Atlanta Airport Outage Chaos
Dec 18 2017 // Delta Air Lines Inc. and other carriers worked to get thousands of stranded passengers onto planes after a major electrical disruption in Atlanta crippled service at the world’s busiest hub, extending flight...
Drone Easily Pierced New York ‘No-Fly’ Zone, Exposing Risk
Dec 15 2017 // A recreational drone operator whose device smashed into a U.S. Army helicopter in September flew undetected into a no-fly zone over New York set up to protect President Donald Trump and the United Nations. The National...
Law Enforcement Must Play Strong Role to Deter Dangerous Use of Drones: IATA
Dec 5 2017 // Law enforcement authorities must play a strong role to ensure there are suitable deterrents in place for those flying recreational drones to prevent danger to passenger aircraft, the International Air Transport Association...
La Nina Adds to Wildfire Threat in South Central, Plains States
Dec 4 2017 // Conditions are ripe for winter wildfires from the mid-South through the Great Plains thanks to a combination of weather factors, including the climate phenomenon known as La Nina, that have left a lot of dry growth. In...
Additional Runway Incidents at San Francisco Airport Under Investigation
Dec 4 2017 // U.S. officials are investigating two more incidents at San Francisco International Airport where planes could have wound up on the same runway, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The incidents include an event...
Drone Prompts Diversion of Arkansas Wildfire Surveillance Plane
Dec 1 2017 // Forestry officials diverted a surveillance plane from its assigned path because a drone hovered above a northern Arkansas wildfire, prompting them to caution people that airborne efforts to take unique photographs endanger...
FAA Awards New Mexico Film Company First Drone Waiver
Dec 1 2017 // An Albuquerque, N.M. cinema drone company says the Federal Aviation Administration has issued it a waiver that will allow it to fly drones over cast and crews on film locations. Flytcam Motion Pictures Managing Partner...
Researchers Find Drones Can Cause Significant Damage to Aircraft
Nov 29 2017 // The millions of small civilian drones plying the nation’s skies can cause significant damage to airliners and business jets in a midair collision, new research commissioned by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration...
Additional Runway Incidents at San Francisco Airport Under Investigation
Nov 27 2017 // U.S. officials are investigating two more incidents at San Francisco International Airport where planes could have wound up on the same runway, the National Transportation Safety Board said . The incidents include an event...
Tourists Stranded, Evacuations Ordered as Bali Volcano’s Eruption ‘Imminent’
Nov 27 2017 // Indonesia closed the airport on the tourist island of Bali on Monday and ordered 100,000 residents living near a grumbling volcano spewing columns of ash to evacuate immediately, warning that the first major eruption in 54...
Fatal Crashes on Private Planes at Lowest in 50 Years
Nov 22 2017 // The rate of fatal crashes on privately owned aircraft in the U.S. dropped to the lowest level in 50 years in 2016. The fatal-accident rate was less than 1 per 100,000 flight hours, the first time it has reached that level...
