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Records Show Sensors Linked to Boeing 737 Max Crashes Vulnerable to Failure
Apr 11 2019 // The crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 Max jets in five months have focused attention on a little-known device that malfunctioned, starting a chain reaction that sent the planes into deadly dives. Pilots have for decades relied...
Insight: Problems on Doomed Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX Started Seconds After Takeoff
Apr 8 2019 // Minutes after take-off, the pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX were caught in a bad situation. A key sensor had been wrecked, possibly by hitting a foreign object, according to four aviation experts and two U.S....
Family of American Killed in 737 Max Crash Sues Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines
Apr 5 2019 // The family of an American woman killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the airline, Boeing Co. and Rosemount Aerospace Inc., which makes a part of the aircraft that is the...
Ethiopian Airlines’ Pilots Followed Proper Boeing Procedures: 1st Official Crash Report
Apr 4 2019 // Ethiopian investigators urged Boeing to review its flight control technology and said pilots of state carrier Ethiopian Airlines had carried out proper procedures in the first public findings on the crash of a 737 MAX jet...
Americans Still Don’t Trust Autonomous Vehicles: Reuters/Ipsos Poll
Apr 2 2019 // Half of U.S. adults think automated vehicles are more dangerous than traditional vehicles operated by people, while nearly two-thirds said they would not buy a fully autonomous vehicle, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos...
Ethiopian Airlines Crash Could Break Record for Non-War Reinsurance Claim: Willis Re
Apr 1 2019 // Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim on record, hitting reinsurers’ profitability,...
How Drones and Aerial Imagery Use Rose to New Heights Post 2018 Catastrophes
Apr 1 2019 // The importance of drones and aerial imagery rose to a new level in the wake of 2018 natural catastrophes as insurers made them an integral part of their disaster recovery procedures, particularly following the hurricanes...
HDI Global Specialty to Launch Australia General Aviation Team, Led by QBE’s Bowes
Mar 28 2019 // HDI Global Specialty SE – Australia, the new specialty lines insurer, has recruited Jamie Bowes as head of Aviation as a first step to developing a general aviation footprint in the Asia Pacific markets. Bowes, a...
UPS, Drone Maker Kick Off U.S. Commercial Flights in North Carolina
Mar 27 2019 // United Parcel Service Inc. and a startup drone partner began the first continuing commercial drone deliveries in the U.S., making a short flight carrying a medical sample between North Carolina hospitals on Tuesday. The...
FAA Plans Major Overhaul of Aviation Safety
Mar 27 2019 // The U.S. aviation regulator will significantly change its oversight approach to air safety by July following two fatal Boeing Co MAX 737 passenger plane crashes, according to written congressional testimony seen by...
Relationship Between Boeing, FAA Safety Regulators Under Scrutiny
Mar 25 2019 // Soon after Lion Air Flight 610 plummeted into the Java Sea last October, killing all 189 people aboard, Boeing Co. began to point gingerly toward mistakes the airline may have made. A preliminary report by Indonesian...
Next-to-Last Flight of Lion Air’s Doomed 737 MAX Was Saved by Off-Duty Pilot
Mar 20 2019 // As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 MAX 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit...
Investigation Found FAA Employees Warned of Boeing Influence Over Safety Approvals
Mar 19 2019 // Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees warned as early as seven years ago that Boeing Co. had too much sway over safety approvals of new aircraft, prompting an investigation by Department of Transportation...
Black Boxes Show Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air Disasters Were Similar, Says Ethiopia
Mar 18 2019 // The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, Ethiopia said on Sunday, shown by initial analysis of the black boxes recovered from...
Lessons from the Grounding of the Boeing 737 Max: Viewpoint
Mar 15 2019 // This week President Trump grounded the Boeing 737 Max as a result of a crash of a second plane in Africa. The plane had already been grounded in Canada, China, the EU, UK, etc. There is a lot riding on this plane. It is...
Boeing Faces Spate of Lawsuits After Second 737 MAX 8 Crash
Mar 15 2019 // Lawyers are already targeting Boeing Co. for Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster even while investigators are still trying to figure out what caused two 737 Max 8 jetliners to go down in a span of five months,...
Texas Storms Injure 1, Damage Buildings, Flip Small Airplanes
Mar 14 2019 // Severe thunderstorms in North Texas have left at least one person hurt, damaged buildings and flipped small planes at a suburban airport. The Storm Prediction Center says gusts of more than 75 mph (120 kph) were reported...
Satellites Found 1st Concrete Evidence of Link Between Boeing 737 MAX Crashes
Mar 14 2019 // The first concrete evidence of a possible link between two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes came from space. A new satellite network capable of tracking planes in high fidelity across the globe captured the flight path of the...
U.S. Joins Nations Grounding Boeing 737 MAX Planes Following New Data
Mar 13 2019 // U.S. regulators reversed course Wednesday and announced they will ground Boeing Co.’s top-selling 737 Max family of airliners amid safety concerns after a crash Sunday in Ethiopia — five months after a similar...
Norwegian Air to Seek Compensation from Boeing for Costs of MAX Groundings
Mar 13 2019 // Norwegian Air said on Wednesday it will seek compensation from plane maker Boeing for costs and lost revenue after grounding its fleet of 737 MAX 8 aircraft in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. “We expect...
