Latest Aviation Headlines
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Storm Does Heavy Damage at Small North Dakota Airport
Jul 11 2013 // The airport in the western North Dakota town of Killdeer is being cleaned up after a storm destroyed a hangar and damaged three airplanes. Storms that moved through the region Monday night ripped apart the hangar and...
Top 10 U.S. Aircraft Insurers: SNL
Jul 11 2013 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has been reported to be the lead insurer for the recent Asiana Flight 214 tragedy in San Francisco. AIG’s role is not surprising, given its presence in Asia and focus on the...
Taiwan Sounds Sea Warning as Severe Typhoon Soulik Approaches
Jul 11 2013 // Taiwan told people to clear the seas as a storm with winds gusting as fast as 227 kilometers (141 miles) per hour loomed off its eastern coast. Typhoon Soulik, a severe typhoon, approached Taiwan at 22 kilometers per hour...
Slow Landing Speed Of San Francisco Jet Probed
Jul 9 2013 // Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling “significantly below” the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto...
Asiana Could Save Millions Under Provision Limiting Passenger Suits in U.S.
Jul 9 2013 // Asiana Airlines Inc. could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements by employing a tactic under international law to bar Chinese and South Korean passengers from suing in victim-friendly U.S....
Investigators Hunt for Cause of San Francisco Plane Crash
Jul 7 2013 // U.S. officials examined flight information recorders and began investigating the crash of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 that burst into flames upon landing in San Francisco, killing two teenaged Chinese students and...
San Francisco Bay Area Car Rental Startup Faces Lawsuit
Jul 1 2013 // Out of a tiny, green shack on a parking lot in an industrial area south of San Francisco International Airport, three teenagers are trying to change the airport car rental business. To do it, all they need are your cars,...
Australian Safety Regulator Faults Rolls-Royce over Qantas Engine Explosion
Jun 27 2013 // Rolls-Royce Plc repeatedly failed to identify a defect that caused one of its engines to explode on a Qantas Airways Ltd aircraft carrying more than 400 people over Indonesia three years ago, an Australian safety regulator...
Ohio Air Crash Shows Risks, Thrill of Wing Walking
Jun 27 2013 // Risking death every time they go to work, wing walkers need courage, poise, a healthy craving for adrenaline and, most importantly, they need to be meticulously exacting with every step they take on the small planes that...
Supreme Court to Review Airline Imunity
Jun 18 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving an Air Wisconsin pilot upset about losing his job to consider giving airlines broader immunity from lawsuits when they report potential security threats. The justices...
Aon Risk Inks Deal with Mexico’s QET Tech Aerospace for Liability Coverage
Jun 11 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced that it has been selected by QET Tech Aerospace to provide liability coverage for the Mexico-based aviation company. Aon said its...
Equity Risk Partners Enhances Aviation Practice
Jun 7 2013 // Equity Risk Partners, an insurance brokerage, employee benefits and risk management consulting firm, has joined forces with AirSure Limited, an aviation risk management consultant in the United States, to strengthen its...
AIG Receives Delayed Deposit on ILFC Sale
Jun 5 2013 // Insurer American International Group Inc. has received a delayed deposit payment from the Chinese consortium buying its ILFC airplane leasing business, AIG said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. Last week AIG said it...
St. Louis’ Lambert Airport Dealing with Storm Damage Again
Jun 4 2013 // For the second time in two years, Lambert Airport in St. Louis is cleaning up after a storm caused significant damage to Missouri’s largest airport. Strong storms, including tornadoes, ripped through the St. Louis...
China Group Missing Deposit Date Could Ground AIG’s Plane-Lease Sale
May 31 2013 // A Chinese group’s purchase of ILFC, one of the world’s largest airplane leasing businesses, could collapse after insurer American International Group Inc. said on Friday it did not receive a scheduled deposit...
50 Top Apps for Independent Agents
May 14 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. But when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
RIMS Conference in LA Risks No Loss of Subject Matter
May 6 2013 // Renewal of the Terrorism and Risk Insurance Act was a much talked about topic at the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference, a four-day event in Los Angeles, Calif. in late April that included panels...
Resort Airports in Stormy Southeast Asia Leave Safety to Chance
May 3 2013 // It’s the invisible enemy: something all pilots dread as they land at Asia’s tropical island resorts. Wind shear – or the sudden change in wind speed and direction – is particularly hazardous at...
RIMS in Southern California Touts Risks
Apr 22 2013 // Risk managers will play a greater role in strategic planning in the near future, according to a report issued on Monday. That was among the plethora of risk related information delivered at the annual Risk and Insurance...
50 Top Apps For Independent Agents
Apr 22 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. And when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
