Most Popular Aviation Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Aviation Topic Page over the last year.
#1 FBI: Alaska Airlines Passengers Told They Might Be Crime Victims
Mar 27 2024 // The FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might be victims of a crime. “I’m contacting you because we have identified you as a possible...
#2 Insurer AIG Leads Policy for Japan Airlines Plane Involved in Runway Collision: Sources
Jan 3 2024 // U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million “all-risks” policy for the Japan Airlines airplane which collided with another plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, two insurance industry sources said...
#3 Two Killed in Small Plane Crash at South Florida Airport, the Second This Year
May 30 2023 // A flight instructor and a student pilot died Friday when a small plane crashed at a south Florida airport, Palm Beach County authorities said. The crash at the Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana happened shortly...
#4 Swiss Re, Others, Drop Call for Moscow Aviation Dispute Hearing
Feb 7 2024 // Swiss Re is among a growing list of reinsurers to drop its demand that a near $10 billion battle with aircraft leasing companies, seeking payouts for more than 200 jets stuck in Russia, should be heard in Moscow, court...
#5 Boeing Sued by Alaska Air Passengers Over 737 Max 9 Door Blowout
Jan 16 2024 // Boeing Co. was sued by passengers on an Alaska Airlines Inc. flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, last week after a mid-air blowout of a so-called door plug on the 737 Max 9 jet. The...
#6 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,...
#7 United Airlines Is Latest to Discover Bogus Parts in Plane Engines
Sep 20 2023 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. discovered dubious parts in two aircraft engines, adding to the list of carriers worldwide that have found bogus components from supplier AOG Technics Ltd. The parts were discovered in a...
#8 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...
#9 Japan Airline’s Runway Collision Marks Test of How New Carbon Jets Cope in Disaster
Jan 5 2024 // Tuesday’s runway collision in Japan marks the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a new generation of carbon-composite airplanes copes with a...
#10 Aviation Lessors Secure Settlements With Russia Totaling $2.5B for Trapped Planes
Jan 31 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have secured settlements with Russia totaling more than $2.5 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In return,...
#11 Dubai’s Record Rain Floods Expensive Homes and Halts Flights
Apr 18 2024 // Dubai flights have been severely disrupted and cars were left stranded on flooded roads after record rainfall over the past day brought the city to a standstill. The United Arab Emirates experienced its heaviest downpour...
#12 Loss of Engine Cover on Southwest Boeing 737-800 Prompts FAA Probe
Apr 8 2024 // An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open an investigation. No one was injured...
#13 Boeing Crisis of Confidence Deepens With 787 Now Under Scrutiny
Apr 10 2024 // Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing shortcuts on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in order to ease production bottlenecks of its most...
#14 American Airlines Must Face Lawsuit Over ESG Retirement Investing
Feb 23 2024 // American Airlines must face a lawsuit claiming it failed to prudently oversee employee retirement funds because it used asset managers that pursued sustainable investment strategies, a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas...
#15 Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard by DeSantis Can Sue Charter Flight Company
Apr 3 2024 // BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard nearly two years ago by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue the charter flight company that transported them, according to a ruling Monday by a...
#16 Japan Airlines Flight Was Cleared to Land Before Fiery Collision at Tokyo Airport
Jan 3 2024 // As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern...
#17 Loss of Alaska Airlines Cockpit Recording Rekindles Industry Safety Debate
Jan 10 2024 // The cockpit voice recorder data on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet which lost a panel mid-flight on Jan. 5 was overwritten, U.S. authorities said, renewing attention on long-standing safety calls for longer...
#18 Airlines Cleared to Inspect Grounded Boeing Jets After Mid-Air Incident
Jan 8 2024 // A delay in the inspection of grounded Boeing jets ended on Monday after U.S. officials retrieved a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 airliner and shares in the planemaker sagged on concerns over the troubled...
#19 United Airlines CEO Blames FAA as Storms Trigger Flight Cancellations
Jun 28 2023 // United Airlines Chief Executive Scott Kirby has blamed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after severe storms led to thousands of canceled flights in recent days. “I’m … frustrated that the FAA...
#20 United Airlines in $30 Million Settlement With Quadriplegic Man’s Family
Aug 24 2023 // United Airlines has agreed to a $30 million settlement after a deplaning incident left a quadriplegic man in a vegetative state, court papers show. The settlement with the family of Nathaniel Foster Jr, known as N.J., was...
