Most Popular Aviation Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Aviation Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Boeing Dismantles DEI Team as Pressure Builds on New CEO

Nov 5 2024 // Boeing Co. has dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion department, making it the latest high-profile corporation to make changes to its DEI policy as its new top leader oversees a broader revamp of the...

#2 CrowdStrike Rejects Delta Air Lines Claims Over Flight Woes

Aug 5 2024 // CrowdStrike on Sunday rejected a claim by Delta Air Lines that it should be blamed for flight disruptions following a July 19 global outage sparked by a faulty update, and suggested it had minimal potential...

#3 Space War: Marsh Sues Willis Over Aviation Insurance Hires Soliciting Clients

May 12 2025 // Insurance broker Marsh USA is asking a New York court to stop several former employees and rival Willis Towers Watson from preparing to steal its aviation and space insurance clients using confidential information. In a...

#4 US Opens Probes After Army Helicopter Forces 2 DC Flights to Abort Landings

May 5 2025 // Federal investigators have launched a probe after two flights aborted landings at Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday because a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter too close. The Federal Aviation Administration said...

#5 American Airlines DC Aircraft Collision Leaves No Survivors

Jan 30 2025 // An American Airlines Group Inc. regional jet collided with a military helicopter near Washington on Jan. 29 leaving no survivors, marking one of the deadliest US air disasters in decades. The aircraft crashed into the...

#6 Details of Aviation Lessor Settlements With Russia Over Trapped Planes

Jun 21 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have struck settlements with Russia totalling around $2.7 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In return,...

#7 Flight, Voice Data From Brazil Plane Crash Extracted in Probe

Aug 12 2024 // Flight and voice data boxes from a plane that crashed in Brazil have been extracted with “100% success,” a government aviation official said, as investigators probe the cause of an accident that killed everyone...

#8 Bodies In Landing Gear. Stowaways. Open Doors. What’s Up With Aviation Security?

Jan 13 2025 // What is going on with aviation security? People have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes twice in the past month. Two stowaways were arrested on different flights in November and December. Then a passenger...

#9 American Airlines’ ESG-Based Investing for 401(k) Plan Is Illegal, US Judge Rules

Jan 13 2025 // A federal judge in Texas on Friday said American Airlines violated federal law by basing investment decisions for its employee retirement plan on environmental, social and other non-financial factors. The ruling by U.S....

#10 Update on Reagan Airport Crash: Helicopter Traffic, Night Goggles, Altitude Tracker

Feb 10 2025 // The Army was one of 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport before its Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet last week, killing 67. That...

#11 Boeing Settles Lawsuits With Two 737 MAX Crash Victims’ Families

Apr 8 2025 // U.S. planemaker Boeing Co reached settlements with the families of two people who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of a trial, the company and lawyers for the families said on...

#12 Judge Says Southwest Must Face Bias Claims Over Free Flights for Hispanic Students

Dec 9 2024 // U.S. judge on Friday said Southwest Airlines must face a lawsuit by a prominent affirmative action opponent claiming a now-defunct program that awarded free flights to Hispanic college students was racially...

#13 4 Killed When Small Airplane Crashes in Oklahoma City

Aug 8 2024 // Four people were killed when a small airplane crashed Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma City, local authorities said. The plane crashed about 1:30 p.m. at Sundance Airport, a small airport on the outskirts of the city,...

#14 Worker Struck and Killed by Airplane Tug at Charlotte Airport

Jan 29 2025 // Police and federal safety crews are investigating after an airport vehicle struck and killed a 66-year-old worker at Charlotte Douglas International Airport this week. News sites reported that emergency personnel responded...

#15 Delta Plane Catches Fire at Orlando Airport in Latest Incident for Airline

Apr 23 2025 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Delta Air Lines airplane caught fire on Monday before it was supposed to take off at a central Florida airport, forcing the evacuation of passengers, airport officials said. There were no reports...

#16 Striking Charlotte Airport Workers Could Affect Travel Plans This Week

Nov 26 2024 // Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, one of the nation’s busiest, went on strike this week just as the heaviest travel period of the year kicks off. News outlets reported that employees with...

#17 South Korea’s Crashed Jet Reveals Bird Feathers in Both Engines

Jan 17 2025 // South Korean investigators found feathers in both engines of the Boeing Co. 737-800 jet involved in a crash late last month, pointing to possible evidence that the aircraft may have lost electrical power before an...

#18 A Run of Fatal Airline Crashes Upends Sterling Safety Record

Feb 20 2025 // A spate of deadly airline crashes has tarnished the industry’s sterling track record, fraying the nerves of travelers and prompting questions about how the world’s safest form of transportation can respond. The...

#19 Lawsuit Says Florida Aviation Firm Didn’t Verify Inspections of Troubled Learjet

May 22 2025 // A British aviation firm contends in a lawsuit that a Florida aircraft management company failed to properly inspect a Learjet, botched repairs to landing gear – which allegedly caused a tire blowout on landing – then...

#20 FAA Probes Holiday Drone Show Accident that Injured Florida Boy

Dec 26 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky during a holiday show over the weekend in downtown...