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U.S. FAA Reaffirms Safety of Boeing 737 Max as Groundings Continue Across Globe
Mar 13 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators reiterated that they see no safety issue with the beleaguered Boeing Co. 737 Max jetliner that warrants grounding the plane despite a pair of deadly crashes and the move by more than 40 other...
Update: Groundings of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Cascade Globally
Mar 13 2019 // Aviation regulators around the globe are grounding Boeing‘s 737 MAX aircraft following Sunday’s deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. Regulators in the United States, where Boeing is based, remained an...
FAA Signals Confidence in Airworthiness of Boeing 737 MAX After 2nd Deadly Crash
Mar 12 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators signaled their confidence in the safety of Boeing Co.’s embattled 737 MAX jetliner, issuing a global notice of “continued airworthiness” a day after the model’s second...
Europeans Join Wave of Nations Halting Boeing 737 MAX Flights; Trump Comments
Mar 12 2019 // The European Union’s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights in the bloc byBoeing 737 MAX planes in the biggest setback yet for the U.S. planemaker following a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157...
Insurers Face Big Claims from Victims’ Families After Boeing 737 MAX Crash: Sources
Mar 12 2019 // Boeing Co.’s insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation...
Best-Selling Boeing 737 Under Scrutiny After Another Deadly Crash
Mar 11 2019 // A fatal crash in Ethiopia on Sunday involving an updated version of Boeing Co.’s best-selling 737 is putting the spotlight back on the aircraft just five months after another deadly crash involving another brand-new...
UK’s Global Aerospace Is Boeing’s Lead Insurer
Mar 11 2019 // Britain’s Global Aerospace is the lead insurer for the world’s biggest plane maker Boeing Co, the insurer’s top boss said on Monday. “I can confirm that Global Aerospace leads Boeing, and also Lion...
Update: Ethiopia Airlines Crash Prompts Some Nations to Ground Boeing 737 MAX 8s
Mar 11 2019 // China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday as witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed...
Recording Indicates Amazon Cargo Plane Crew Lost Control Seconds Before Crash
Mar 6 2019 // Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal they began losing control of the aircraft about 18 seconds before it slammed into a shallow...
NTSB: Second Black Box from Doomed U.S. Cargo Plane Found in Texas Bay
Mar 4 2019 // Searchers combing a shallow Texas bay have recovered the second of two flight recorders from a cargo plane hauling Amazon packages that crashed last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday, two days...
Marsh, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Agree to Sell JLT’s Aerospace Unit to Gallagher
Mar 4 2019 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) and Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) have entered into an agreement to sell JLT’s aerospace business to Arthur J. Gallagher. The agreement provides for the acquisition of all assets within...
Oregon Lawsuit Alleges Emotional Support Dog Mauled Girl at Airport
Feb 28 2019 // The mother of a 5-year-old girl mauled by a pit bull at Portland International Airport has filed a $1.1 million lawsuit against the Port of Portland for allegedly letting a dangerous “emotional support animal”...
U.S. Bans Lithium Battery Cargo on Passenger Planes
Feb 28 2019 // The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is issuing new rules barring airlines from carrying potentially hazardous lithium-ion cells and batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, and setting new requirements for...
Search Continues for Remaining Body at Texas Plane Crash Site
Feb 27 2019 // Authorities have been searching a bay off southeast Texas for clues about what caused a Boeing 767 cargo plane carrying Amazon packages to nose-dive into the shallow water, killing all three men on board. A north wind...
Police Say Two Killed in Plane Crash at Massachusetts Airport
Feb 26 2019 // Massachusetts State Police say two people have died after a small plane crashed and caught fire at Mansfield Municipal Airport. Saturday’s crash occurred at about 12:36 p.m., according to the state police...
Amazon Crash Points to Lax Safety for Cargo Operations Compared to Passenger Airlines
Feb 26 2019 // Passenger airlines in the U.S. have recorded a remarkable period of safety over the past 10 years. Not so the nation’s cargo planes. Five domestically registered aircraft have crashed since 2009 — killing 16...
3 Killed in Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Near Houston
Feb 24 2019 // A widebody cargo plane hauling packages for Amazon abruptly plunged out of the sky and slammed into a bay on Saturday as it was preparing to land in Houston. All three people on board were killed. The Boeing Co. 767-300,...
NASA Warns SpaceX, Boeing on Space Program Safety Concerns
Feb 21 2019 // NASA has warned SpaceX and Boeing Co. of design and safety concerns for their competing astronaut launch systems, according to industry sources and a new government report, threatening the U.S. bid to revive its human...
UK to Extend No-Fly Zone for Drones Flying Near Airports
Feb 20 2019 // Britain will impose a 5 kilometer (3.1 mile) drone exclusion zone around its runways as the government responds to illegal incursions that closed London Gatwick airport for 36 hours in December, disrupting travel for more...
Accidents Could Ground Drone Industry, House Committee Chair Warns
Feb 18 2019 // The commercial drone industry could be torpedoed if there were a serious accident involving a drone and a commercial aircraft, the chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
