Airbus A380s to Undergo Safety Checks After Air France Crash Probe Finds Part August 22, 2019 By Tim Hepher Investigators probing an engine explosion on an Air France A380 in 2017 are studying a possible manufacturing flaw in a...
Insight: Problems on Doomed Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Started Seconds After Takeoff April 8, 2019 By Tim Hepher, Eric M. Johnson and Jamie Freed Minutes after take-off, the pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX were caught in a bad situation. A key sensor...
Europeans Join Wave of Nations Halting Boeing 737 MAX Flights; Trump Comments March 12, 2019 By Duncan Miriri and Tim Hepher The European Union’s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights in the bloc byBoeing 737 MAX planes in the...
U.S., Europe Order Emergency Checks on 700 Engines Like One in Southwest Accident April 23, 2018 By David Shepardson and Tim Hepher U.S. and European airline regulators on Friday ordered emergency inspections within 20 days of nearly 700 aircraft engines similar to...
Airbus Looks to Insurers to Fill Export Trade Funding Gap After Europe’s Freeze January 23, 2018 By Tim Hepher and Conor Humphries Airbus said on Monday it is working with private insurance firms and banks to help fill a two-year gap in...
EU Adopts New, Tougher Rules for Tracking Jetliners December 16, 2015 By Julia Fioretti and Tim Hepher The European Union on Wednesday adopted new rules to make it easier to track jetliners, stepping up international efforts to...
Air Accidents at All-Time Low, Despite MH17, Germanwings Crashes October 14, 2015 By Tim Hepher As the spotlight falls on Dutch crash investigators and their high profile probe into the downing of a Malaysian airliner,...
Cyber Attacks Bring New Clients – Including Insurers – to Defense Firms September 18, 2015 By Sarah Young and Tim Hepher A broadening wave of cyber attacks is drumming up new clients for defense companies as anxiety about the loss of...
Co-Pilot Likely Crashed Germanwings A320 Deliberately: French Prosecutor March 26, 2015 By Jean-Francois Rosnoblet and Tim Hepher The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have...
AirAsia Captain Left Seat Before Jet Lost Control: Sources February 2, 2015 By Siva Govindasamy, Kanupriya Kapoor and Tim Hepher The captain of the AirAsia jet that crashed into the sea in December was out of his seat conducting an...