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...
How Airlines Handle Medical Emergencies While in Flight May 30, 2018 By Ivan Levingston In May 2016, Lewis Christman was flying from Chicago to Rome when he suffered a bout of acute pancreatitis. He...
Southwest Air Jet Engine That Failed Was Inspected 7 Times May 4, 2018 By Alan Levin The fan blade that failed on a Southwest Airlines Co. plane last month, killing a passenger, had been inspected seven...
Passenger Sues Southwest Airlines, Engine Manufacturers Over Fatal Explosion April 30, 2018 By Alana Wise A lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co. has been filed by a passenger who was flying on last week’s flight 1380,...
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...
Southwest Sends $5K to Each Passenger on Engine Failure Flight April 22, 2018 By David Shepardson Southwest Airlines Co. confirmed Friday it has sent $5,000 checks to passengers aboard a flight that made an emergency landing...
Traumatic Stress Claims Expected from Southwest Airlines Engine Failure April 19, 2018 By Christopher Yasiejko Being on an airplane more than six miles in the air when an engine blows up and sends shrapnel through...
Regulators Had Concerns About Engine Type That Blew in Southwest Plane April 18, 2018 By Jeffrey Dastin, David Shepardson and Jamie Freed European regulators this month began requiring an inspection by early next year of the type of engine that blew apart...
Southwest Fatality First for a U.S. Airline in 9 Years April 17, 2018 By Thomas Black and Alan Levin One passenger was killed when an engine blew out on a Southwest Airlines Co. jetliner carrying 149 people, marking the...
XL Catlin Enhances Aviation Insurance Online Platform February 7, 2018 XL Catlin has enhanced its online P&B aviation insurance platform, VB Bind Speed, with added, instant servicing options for brokers....