EU Regulator Sees No Safety Problem With A350 Paint at Center of Legal Dispute June 15, 2022 By David Shepardson Europe’s top aviation safety regulator said on Tuesday he had seen no evidence that paint or surface erosion on A350...
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...
Plane-Crash Mysteries Prompt Renewed Calls for Cameras in Cockpits June 8, 2022 By Angus Whitley “We’re too low! We’re too low! We’re too low!” The Boeing Co. 737 co-pilot’s frenzied warnings on Sept. 28, 2018...
Insurance Premiums Surging for Ukraine War-Exposed Business: Sources May 31, 2022 Insurance premiums are doubling or more for some aviation and marine business particularly exposed to the war in Ukraine, increasing...
Probe Into China Eastern Airlines’ Crash Examines Actions of Crew May 18, 2022 By David Shepardson Investigators looking into the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet are examining the actions of the crew on the...
Russia’s Aeroflot Buys 8 Stranded Airbus A330 Aircraft From Leasing Firms May 16, 2022 By Kevin Liffey Russia’s biggest airline, Aeroflot, said on Friday it had bought eight Airbus A330 aircraft from foreign leasing companies “as part...
Aircraft Lessors Begin ‘Vigorous’ Pursuit of Insurance Claims for Seized Jets in Russia May 11, 2022 By Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries and Tim Hepher Lessors with hundreds of jets stuck in Russia are preparing for what one said would be a “vigorous” pursuit of...
Paris Trial Begins for 2009 Plane Crash That Killed 152 People, Left 1 Survivor May 10, 2022 By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny PARIS (AP) – The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash that killed 152 other people was expected to attend...
Dubai Aerospace Files Insurance Claims of $1B for Aircraft Stranded in Russia May 6, 2022 By Shaji Mathew The Middle East’s biggest plane-leasing firm wrote off half-a-billion dollars for aircraft stranded in Russia, after the Kremlin issued a...
EU Regulator Warns of Increased Risk to Airlines as Result of Ukraine War May 5, 2022 The European Union’s Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulator warned on Thursday of increased risks to airlines due to the war...