Latest Aviation Headlines
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Tokyo Airport Collision Leaves 5 Dead, Japan Airlines’ Aircraft in Flames
Jan 2 2024 // All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller craft on...
En Route to Grandma’s House, 6-year-old Put on Wrong Flight to Florida
Dec 28 2023 // FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who left on a flight to visit his grandmother in southwest Florida instead was put on the wrong plane and ended up 160 miles away in Orlando, Florida. When the grandmother,...
US Airlines Ready for Busier Holiday Travel After 2022 Meltdown
Dec 22 2023 // U.S. airlines say they are prepared for busier end of year holiday travel compared with the same peak period a year earlier, when storms led to thousands of canceled flights and congestion. The U.S. Federal Aviation...
Clorox, Boeing, MGM and More: Why Big Hacks Have Surged in 2023
Dec 18 2023 // Widely disruptive, large-scale hacks are surging. After a lull in 2022, ransomware attacks on high-value targets such as big companies, banks, hospitals or government agencies, have seen a “massive uptick” this...
Airline Industry to Meet to Discuss Safety Concerns Around Spike in GPS Spoofing
Dec 7 2023 // Global aviation industry leaders will meet in January to discuss safety concerns around increased GPS interference by cyberattackers steering planes off course, an International Air Transport Association executive said on...
Russia Flagship Carrier Aeroflot Says It Reached Settlement With Aircraft Leasing Firm
Nov 13 2023 // Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot said on Thursday it had clinched a settlement with leasing company BOC Aviation under which nine aircraft are to be handed over to Russian state insurance company NSK. A statement issued...
Ransomware Gang Lockbit Posts What It Says Is Boeing Data on Site
Nov 13 2023 // The notorious hacking gang Lockbit has posted what it described as documents belonging to Boeing Co. on its website, two weeks after claiming credit for a cyberattack against the aircraft manufacturer. LockBit recently...
NTSB Chair: Near-Miss Aviation Incidents ‘Clear Warning Sign’
Nov 9 2023 // An increase in serious near-miss aviation incidents is a “clear warning sign that the U.S. aviation system is sharply strained,” National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy will tell a...
FAA to Hold New Round of Runway-Safety Meetings After Close Calls
Nov 8 2023 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it would hold runway safety meetings at 16 additional airports in the coming weeks after a series of troubling close-call aviation incidents. In August, the FAA...
Three Passengers Sue Alaska Airlines After Off-Duty Pilot Accused of Trying to Cut Engines
Nov 6 2023 // Three passengers sued Alaska Airlines, saying they suffered emotional distress from an incident last month in which an off-duty pilot is accused of trying to shut down the engines of a plane while catching a ride in the...
Boeing Says ‘Cyber Incident’ Hit Parts Business After Ransom Threat
Nov 6 2023 // Boeing, one of the world’s largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that impacted elements of its parts and distribution business and cooperating with a law...
Averted Disaster on Horizon Air Flight Renews Scrutiny of Mental Health in Cockpit
Nov 1 2023 // What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot`s attempt to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air flight with more than 80 people on board has renewed attention on the mental fitness of those allowed in the...
United Wanted Young, Blue-Eyed, Blonde Women to Staff LA Dodgers Flights, Lawsuit Says
Oct 31 2023 // United Airlines UAL.O has been sued by two longtime flight attendants who say they were excluded from highly coveted assignments to work on charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team because of their racial...
Boeing Assessing Lockbit Hacking Gang Threat of Sensitive Data Leak
Oct 30 2023 // Boeing Co said on Oct. 27 that it was assessing a claim made by the Lockbit cybercrime gang that it had “a tremendous amount” of sensitive data stolen from the aerospace giant that it would dump online if...
Flights Delayed and Canceled at Texas Airport After 2 Private Jets Clip Wings on Airfield
Oct 26 2023 // Flights were delayed and canceled this week at Houston`s William P. Hobby Airport as crews cleaned up after two private jets clipped wings when they were moving on the airfield, officials said. No injuries were reported...
How Safe Are Cockpits? Aviation Experts Weigh in After Recent Security Scare
Oct 26 2023 // The attempt by an off-duty pilot to shut down the engines of a U.S. airliner in midflight highlights the threat that insiders pose to aviation safety with their ability to go where passengers are prohibited. Events like...
Aviation War Insurers Cancel Cover for Airlines Domiciled in Israel, Lebanon: Sources
Oct 19 2023 // Aviation war insurers have given notice to cancel cover for some airlines domiciled in Israel and Lebanon because of the conflict in the region, with some cancellations already taking effect, three industry sources with...
Bronx Contractor Cited For Excavation Hazards After 2 Deaths at JFK Airport
Oct 18 2023 // The deaths of two employees of a Bronx water and sewer contractor at a construction site at John F. Kennedy International Airport could have been prevented with proper safeguards, according to investigators with the...
Woman Charged After Three Stabbed at Atlanta Airport
Oct 13 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A woman was in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said. Officers assigned to the airport encountered a woman armed with a knife...
Israel to Provide $6 Billion War Insurance Cover for Israeli Airlines
Oct 13 2023 // Israel’s parliamentary finance committee approved a plan to provide a state guarantee of $6 billion to cover insurance against war risks to Israeli airlines, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. The guarantee...
