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COVID-Sniffing Robots Promise Fast Testing Alternative
Oct 2 2020 // A biotechnology startup called Koniku is trying to develop robots that could sniff out Covid-19 infections faster than conventional testing. The technology fuses neurons with a silicon chip to create a “smell...
France Urges Parts Review After Airbus A380 Engine Blowout Caused by Metal Fatigue
Oct 1 2020 // French investigators have called for a review of the design and maintenance of titanium alloy engine parts to ensure they guard against the risks of metal fatigue following an engine blowout on an Airbus A380 exactly three...
FAA Chief Completes Boeing 737 Test Flight: Likes What He Saw But Process Not Done
Oct 1 2020 // Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson conducted a nearly two-hour evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 MAX on Wednesday, a milestone for the jet to win approval to resume flying after two...
FAA Chief to Conduct Own Test Flight of Boeing 737 MAX
Sep 30 2020 // Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson is due to conduct a two-hour evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 MAX on Wednesday, a key milestone for the jet to win approval to resume flying after...
Reinsurance Experience in Africa, Asia Sets MGA Tempo Underwriting Apart
Sep 29 2020 // Tom Bailey, executive director of Tempo Underwriting, has a theory about what it takes to build a business based on the reinsurance MGA model. “For a reinsurance MGA to be successful and to have a strong offering,...
Reinsurance Demand Rises, Along with Flight to Quality, Say Industry Experts
Sep 28 2020 // Not only has reinsurance buying increased, but there also has been a flight to quality reinsurers by ceding insurance companies, according to several reinsurers and brokers in recent webinars held in lieu of what would...
Pilot Actions Likely Led to Earnhardt Plane Crash in Tennessee: NTSB
Sep 25 2020 // A pilot’s inability to maintain proper airspeed and the flight crew’s decision to continue an unstable approach and landing likely caused the crash of a small plane carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr....
House Report Slams FAA, Boeing for ‘Horrific Culmination’ of Failures in 737 Crashes
Sep 17 2020 // Two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed all 346 passengers and crew aboard were the “horrific culmination” of failures by the planemaker and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a U.S. House panel concluded...
Boeing Crash Victims’ Families Want Congress to Lift Shield on Planemakers’ Liability
Sep 16 2020 // Families of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims are urging U.S. lawmakers to ensure the planemaker is held accountable for accidents that together killed 346 people by blocking a key legal defense, according to a letter sent on...
Guy Carpenter’s Riley to Join Lockton Re Aviation Practice in London
Sep 14 2020 // Global reinsurance broker Lockton Re announced that Dominic Riley will be joining Lockton Re in London to lead the Aviation & Aerospace practice early next year. Riley was most recently part of the Aviation team at Guy...
Senators Back Tighter Aircraft Oversight, Quicker Plane Crash Data Disclosure
Sep 14 2020 // The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will vote on Wednesday to require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to quickly disclose risk assessments after fatal air crashes in a bid to significantly tighten industry...
U.S. Safety Agency Investigating Boeing 787 Dreamliners for Flaws
Sep 8 2020 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday it is investigating manufacturing flaws involving some Boeing 787 Dreamliners but said it was too early to say if it will require new inspections. Boeing said in August...
China Offers Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines to Aviation Frontline Workers
Sep 4 2020 // China has offered experimental coronavirus vaccines to aviation industry workers, according to a regulatory notice seen by Reuters, in a push to inoculate high-risk groups to prevent a possible resurgence as economies...
European Union Safety Agency to Start 737 MAX Flight Tests
Aug 27 2020 // The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Thursday it plans to begin flight tests of U.S. planemaker Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX plane in Vancouver, Canada, in the week starting Sept. 7. The test flights will...
EPA to OK Use by American Airlines of Surface Coating to Fight COVID-19
Aug 24 2020 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce it will issue an emergency exemption to the state of Texas permitting it to allow American Airlines Group Inc. to use a new surface coating that kills...
Trump Administration, Airlines Can’t Agree on Contact Tracing Plan
Aug 24 2020 // The Trump administration’s efforts to require airlines to collect contact tracing information from U.S.-bound international passengers has stalled, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday, adding...
UK Working With Heathrow on COVID Testing as Alternative to Quarantine
Aug 19 2020 // Britain is working with London’s Heathrow Airport on a plan to use COVID-19 testing to help shorten quarantine times, in an effort to help airlines and airports kickstart travel and the wider economy. Heathrow said...
Airlines, Airports Urge UN to Accept COVID Testing Over Quarantines
Aug 18 2020 // Airlines and airports will ask a UN-led task force meeting on Tuesday to recommend countries accept a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of travel as an alternative to quarantines that have decimated demand for travel,...
India’s Aviation Regulator Points to Pilot Error in Air India Express Crash
Aug 9 2020 // The Air India Express jet that overshot the runway on Friday, killing at least 18 people, had touched down too far along the airstrip, the chief of India’s aviation regulator said amid ongoing investigations. Arun...
Boeing Facing $1.25M Fine by FAA for Undue Pressure on Safety Oversight Employees
Aug 7 2020 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday said it was proposing to fine Boeing Co. $1.25 million after the agency alleged Boeing managers at its South Carolina plant exerted undue pressure on workers who handle...
