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How Faulty Parts at Boeing’s 787 Jets Flew Below the Radar in Italy

On a Saturday morning in May, 2020, Italian police officers caught two men pouring chemical waste into the sewers in the southern port city of Brindisi, near a small plane components factory. Five years on, that routine pollution case has …

Italian Prosecutors Accuse 7 People, 2 Firms Over Flawed Boeing Plane Parts

Italian prosecutors on Saturday accused seven people and two sub-contractors of crimes including fraud and breaching airplane safety rules following an investigation into suspected flawed parts produced by an Italian company for Boeing. The prosecutors launched their investigation in late …

Prosecutors Say Italian Supplier Produced 4,000 Flawed Parts for Boeing Over 5 Years

MILAN – An Italian supplier at the center of recent industrial snags on the 787 Dreamliner airplane produced more than 4,000 non-compliant parts destined for Boeing Co. over five years, a preliminary report from Italian prosecutors shows. Initial results of …

XL Catlin Increases Aviation Insurance Limits

XL Catlin’s North America Aviation insurance business has increased its aircraft hull and liability limits by 50 percent to accommodate companies with aviation risks in the U.S. and Canada. XL Catlin’s aircraft hull policy limits have been increased to $75 …

Crawford & Company Adds Managing Director to American Aviation Team in Miami

Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, a provider of claims management programs, added Ken Forsyth to its Crawford Global Technical Services (GTS) as managing director Aviation – the Americas effective April 23, 2015. GTS is Crawford’s global offering to major incident claims …