Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Best Rates Lufthansa Captives ‘B++’
Apr 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “B++” (Good) and an issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Germany’s Delvag Luftfahrtversicherungs-AG, and its subsidiary, Delvag...
22 Die, 118 Survive Java Air Crash
Mar 7 2007 // 118 people miraculously escaped the flaming wreck of a Garuda Airlines Boeing 737-400, which slid off the runway at Yogyakarta airport in Java while landing. 22 people, however, died in the crash. According to news...
Frank Crystal & Co. Hires Two in Portland
Mar 2 2007 // Frank Crystal & Co., a privately-owned insurance brokerage firm with more than 70 years of service, has made two key appointments in its Portland, Ore., office, located at 1001 SW Fifth Avenue. Dale Barnard has joined...
Ky. Plane Crash Details Could Boost Case for Punitive Damages
Jan 23 2007 // When Comair Flight 5191 crashed shortly on takeoff in August at Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport , the parents of 16-year-old Paige Winters thought she died instantly. Documents released this week show a contributing...
Late storm binge has Western states singing holiday claims blues
Jan 8 2007 // While the nation was mostly natural disaster-free in 2006, the West suffered a few fourth quarter storms that took the blush off of an otherwise relatively rosy year. Beginning with Thanksgiving and heading into the New...
News Currents
Jan 7 2007 // Late storm binge has Western states singing holiday claims blues While the nation was mostly natural disaster-free in 2006, the West suffered a few fourth quarter storms that took the blush off of an otherwise relatively...
A New President – and a New Era – For R.I.’s Beacon Mutual
Jan 5 2007 // James V. Rosati, a banking and investment executive and current chairman of the R.I. Airport Corp., has been selected to serve as president and chief executive officer of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., Rhode Island’s...
Safety Officials and NBC Exec Push for More Oversight of Charter Flights
Dec 28 2006 // Travelers who pay a premium for the convenience of charter air travel could unknowingly end up on a flight operated without direct federal oversight. That fact — along with an effort to change it — is central to a...
Colorado Airport Singing Holiday Blues; Losses Just Now Rolling In
Dec 22 2006 // Stranded travelers lined up at ticket counters at snowbound Denver International Airport early Thursday, hoping to get out of town amid a powerful snowstorm that paralyzed Colorado’s biggest cities with up to 2 feet...
Storm Closes Cheyenne Government Offices, Interstates
Dec 22 2006 // A major winter storm hit southeastern Wyoming on Wednesday, closing interstate highways, stranding travelers and sending government workers home early in Cheyenne. Mike Sowko, forecaster with the National Weather Service...
Colorado Under Blizzard Warning; Storm Rolls into Denver, Plains
Dec 21 2006 // A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow and strong winds to Colorado on Wednesday, prompting airlines to cancel hundreds of flights and forcing highway officials to close the state’s busiest east-west route from...
Pilots Should Confirm Runway is Correct, Say Safety Officials
Dec 15 2006 // Airline pilots should be required to follow specific procedures to make sure their airplane takes off on the right runway, federal safety investigators said this week. The National Transportation Safety Board...
Half of Airports Lack Runway Safety Zone, Reports FAA
Nov 7 2006 // More than half of U.S. commercial airports do not have a 1,000-foot (305 meter) margin at the end of a runway, an overrun area, which the U.S. government says is needed as a safety zone, according to a new report. Some of...
Ky. Family’s Suit Over Comair Crash Faults Plane Design
Nov 7 2006 // A lawsuit filed by the family of one of the victims of a Kentucky jet crash that killed 49 people says many victims might have survived if the plane had not burst into flames. Comair Flight 5191 crashed and burned shortly...
News Currents
Oct 23 2006 // Damage from Hawaii’s 6.6 earthquake predicted to be widespread Officials have begun inspecting bridges and roads across Hawaii, following the strongest earthquake to rattle the islands in more than two decades, a...
Inspectors Check for Damage after Hawaii’s 6.6 Magnitude Earthquake
Oct 17 2006 // Officials began inspecting bridges and roads across Hawaii yesterday, following the strongest earthquake to rattle the islands in more than two decades, a 6.6-magnitude quake that caused blackouts and landslides but no...
French Court Dismisses Suit by 1992 Airbus Crash Victims’ Families
Oct 10 2006 // A court in eastern France last week threw out a lawsuit by families of victims of a 1992 plane crash that accused the government of dragging out prosecution of the case. After a 14-year investigation, defense aviation...
Suit filed against Comair for Kentucky crash
Sep 25 2006 // The family of a woman killed when Comair Flight 5191 took off on the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky., and crashed in flames has sued the airline, blaming it for the country’s deadliest airplane...
Max Re Launches Aviation Unit
Sep 20 2006 // Bermuda-based Max Re Capital Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Max Re Ltd., has increased its product offerings by the formation of a dedicated aviation insurance unit that will operate from the company’s Dublin...
Safety Board Reports Transportation Fatalities Up in 2005
Sep 18 2006 // Transportation fatalities in the United States increased last year, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board. Deaths from transportation accidents in the United States in...
