Latest Aerospace Headlines
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Judge Rules Boeing Directors Must Face Shareholder Claims Over 737 MAX
Sep 8 2021 // A Delaware judge ruled on Tuesday that Boeing’s board of directors must face a lawsuit from shareholders over two fatal 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people in less than six months. Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn...
People Moves: Gallagher Names Hughes as Aerospace Consultant; Tokio Marine HCC Hires Faubert for Credit & Political Risk; Enstar’s CFO to Step Down
Aug 11 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments for broker Gallagher in London, for insurer Tokio Marine HCC – Credit Group in Paris, and for Enstar Group in Bermuda. A summary of these new hires...
Chubb Canada Launches Hub for General Aviation and Non-Major Aerospace Insurance
Jul 23 2021 // Chubb announced that it has set up an aviation hub in Canada to develop further its domestic general aviation and non-major aerospace business. The Canadian Aviation hub is part of a new regional focus for the aviation...
‘Sunny Day’ Floods Will Increasingly Inundate U.S. Coasts as Sea Levels Rise: NOAA
Jul 15 2021 // Record high-tide flooding washed over U.S. coasts in the past year, and rising sea levels are expected to send the deluges into streets, homes and businesses even more frequently over the next decade, the National Oceanic...
NASA Looking at Louisiana Delta System
Jun 30 2021 // Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Not far away in the Mississippi River delta system, middle-school students...
FAA Makes It Easier for Staff Overseeing Manufacturers to Report Safety Concerns
Jun 23 2021 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it has launched a program to help make it easier for staff overseeing Boeing and other airplane manufacturers to report safety concerns. An independent survey...
NOAA: ‘Dead Zone’ Off Louisiana Likely Average-Sized
Jun 8 2021 // An average “dead zone” is likely in the Gulf of Mexico, where a large area of water holding too little oxygen to keep marine animals alive forms every summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Top Aviation Safety Official to Leave FAA
Jun 7 2021 // The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) top safety official said Wednesday he will step down effective June 30. Ali Bahrami, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety since July 2017, had faced...
Airbus, Air France Could Face Charges of Manslaughter over Deadly Crash in 2009
May 13 2021 // Airbus SE and Air France-KLM could face charges of involuntary manslaughter over the deadly crash of a Paris-bound plane off the Brazilian coast over a decade ago. The Paris appeals court ruled Wednesday that the case...
NOAA: Hot is the New U.S. Climate Normal
May 6 2021 // It’s hot, get used to it. That might be the clearest takeaway from a message out from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday, which gave us a glimpse of the “new normal” in a...
Tech Firm Luminar, Planemaker Airbus Partner to Test Autonomous Flights
Apr 26 2021 // Luminar Technologies Inc. said on Monday it would partner with Airbus SE to test technologies which could increase aircraft safety and ultimately enable an autonomous flight with obstacle detection. The two companies will...
Boeing Directors Seek Dismissal of Investors’ Lawsuit Over 737 MAX Safety
Mar 30 2021 // Boeing Co. asked a Delaware court to throw out a shareholders’ lawsuit over the safety of its 737 MAX following fatal crashes, saying the board engaged in “robust and well-established” oversight of...
Reuters: Feinberg to Oversee Boeing 737 $500M Victim Compensation Fund
Mar 10 2021 // Prominent attorneys Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros have been named to oversee a $500 million victim compensation fund for the relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, a spokeswoman for...
Crash Victims’ Families Seek Boeing CEO Testimony; Lawmakers Seek FAA Records
Mar 1 2021 // Relatives of victims of a Boeing Co. 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia that occurred five months after an Indonesian Lion Air disaster are stepping up pressure on the American planemaker and the federal government, according to a...
U.S. Fines Boeing $6.6 Million Over Safety Pact Noncompliance, Enforcement Cases
Feb 26 2021 // Boeing Co. agreed Thursday to pay $6.6 million in penalties to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after U.S. regulators said it failed to comply with a 2015 safety agreement and cited other safety concerns. The...
Michigan Aerospace Parts Provider to Pay $60K to Settle Age Discrimination Suit
Feb 24 2021 // A Michigan-based aerospace components manufacturer will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit, officials say. According to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment...
Parts Fall from Colorado Sky in Boeing 777 Scare
Feb 22 2021 // David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way to a long-awaited vacation when a huge explosion and flash of light interrupted an in-flight announcement and put him in survival...
Boeing Issues Global Safety Warning to Pilots in Wake of Indonesian 737 Crash
Feb 18 2021 // Boeing Co. has issued a safety bulletin reminding pilots of the steps required to ensure they maintain control of their aircraft in the wake of last month’s deadly plunge of an Indonesian jetliner into the Java...
Boeing to Pay $2.5B to Settle With Justice Department Over 737 MAX Crashes
Jan 11 2021 // Boeing Co. will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to the grounding of its...
American Airlines Resumes Passenger Flights on Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft
Dec 30 2020 // Boeing’s 737 MAX resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after a 20-month safety ban was lifted last month. American Airlines Flight 718 landed at New York’s LaGuardia...
