Auto Insurance Shopping Elevated As Loss Costs Potentially Moderate August 16, 2024 By Alan Levin As industrywide auto insurance loss costs appear to be moderating, consumers continue to shop policies at elevated rates, according to...
FAA Weighs Curbing New Routes for United Following Mishaps March 25, 2024 By Mary Schlangenstein, Alan Levin and Julie Johnsson US aviation authorities are considering drastic measures to curb growth at United Airlines Holdings Inc., including preventing the carrier from...
Boeing 737 in Alaska Air Accident Was Missing Bolts, US Says February 7, 2024 By Alan Levin A dramatic accident on an Alaska Airlines flight last month was apparently triggered by a door plug that hadn’t been...
U.S. Airports’ Outdated Tech Leaves Planes Vulnerable to Runway Near-Misses April 6, 2023 By Alan Levin A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major US airports is aging and plagued...
Update: U.S. Flight Departures Resume After FAA Lifts Ground Stop January 11, 2023 By Siddharth Philip, Mary Schlangenstein and Alan Levin US flight departures began resuming early Wednesday after an overnight outage to a key air-traffic system prompted authorities to ground...
US Airport Websites Knocked Offline by Pro-Russia Hackers October 12, 2022 By Alan Levin A pro-Russian hacktivist group is claiming credit for a series of disruptions that temporarily knocked the websites of some US...
First Aerial Delivery Drone Granted Design Approval by FAA September 8, 2022 By Alan Levin Aviation regulators approved designs for the first flying drone built specifically for shipping packages, a major step forward for the...
Murder-Suicides by Pilots Are Increasing Share of Aviation Fatalities June 15, 2022 By Alan Levin For decades, commercial airline travel has gotten progressively safer. But one cause of deaths has stubbornly persisted: pilots who intentionally...
‘Be Honest’: New Transportation Safety Chief Warns Robot-Car Claims Erode Public Trust August 25, 2021 By Alan Levin The nation’s new chief accident investigator wants to send a message: growing public confusion over automated driving systems in the...
Risk of COVID-19 Exposure on Airlines Drops when Middle Seats Are Empty: Study April 16, 2021 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein The risk of being exposed to the COVID-19 virus on an airline flight drops by as much as half when...