Airlines Urged to Use Predictive Models, Data Sharing to Keep Skies Safe June 6, 2018 By Victoria Bryan and Jamie Freed Global airlines, coming off a record-low accident rate in 2017, need to guard against complacency over safety as heavy growth...
Airlines Banning, Safety Agency Investigating Hoverboards Over Fires December 15, 2015 By Jeffrey Dastin and Victoria Bryan Hoverboards may be on many people’s Christmas lists but they present a conundrum for airlines, which are mulling the best...
Germanwings Offers Emotional Damage Payments to Crash Victims’ Families June 30, 2015 By Victoria Bryan Germanwings is offering €25,000 ($27,833) compensation payments to close relatives of those killed in the March 24 plane crash for...
Airlines Debate How to Assess Pilots’ Mental Health after Germanwings Crash June 10, 2015 By Victoria Bryan Pilot screening and mental health measures aimed at preventing a recurrence of the Germanwings crash are rife with complications that...
German Aviation Authority Didn’t Know Crash Pilot’s Medical History April 6, 2015 By Victoria Bryan and Michelle Martin The German aviation authority did not know about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s medical background prior to the Germanwings crash that killed...
Families of Germanwings Crash Victims Must Prepare for Differing Payouts April 2, 2015 By Jonathan Gould and Victoria Bryan Families of those killed aboard the Germanwings flight are likely to receive vastly different payouts depending on their nationality, where...
Cyber Attacks, Drones Pose Threat to Plane Safety: Allianz December 9, 2014 By Jonathan Gould and Victoria Bryan Cyber attacks and commercial drones pose a growing risk of commercial airplane crashes, a major insurer said, running counter to...