Latest Aviation Headlines
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Southwest Airliner Catches Fire at California Airport, 139 Passengers Evacuate
Feb 14 2018 // A fire on a Southwest Airlines plane forced passengers to evacuate before takeoff at a Southern California airport. Officials from John Wayne Airport say the crew of the Boeing 737 decided that the 139 passengers should...
Calls for Regulation of Hobbyist Drones Follow Latest Close Encounter Report
Feb 14 2018 // A video from a drone that flew within feet of an airliner over Las Vegas and prompted outrage on the internet has spurred three influential U.S. aviation lobbies to call for tighter regulations on hobby drones. Legislation...
Ex-Alaska Airlines Pilot to Plead in California to Flying While Drunk
Feb 8 2018 // A former Alaska Airlines pilot will plead guilty in California to a charge of flying a passenger plane while drunk. Federal prosecutors say David Hans Arntson of Newport Beach agreed this week to enter the plea at a later...
XL Catlin Enhances Aviation Insurance Online Platform
Feb 7 2018 // XL Catlin has enhanced its online P&B aviation insurance platform, VB Bind Speed, with added, instant servicing options for brokers. According to Eric Donofrio, North America regional manager of XL Catlin’s...
SterlingRisk Insurance Names O’Donnell President of Aviation Practice Group in Florida
Feb 6 2018 // Michael O’Donnell has been named president of the Aviation Practice Group at SterlingRisk Insurance, an independently owned insurance brokerage firm based in Destin, Fla. O’Donnell, who joined SterlingRisk in...
Declarations
Feb 5 2018 // School District Ransom “I don’t know legally if a school district can pay a ransom.” — Brian Bridwell, business manager for the Jerome School District in Idaho, talked about the Dec. 2017...
NTSB: 2016 Evacuation of Burning Jet in Chicago Put Lives at Risk
Jan 31 2018 // The emergency evacuation of a wide-body airliner in Chicago was anything but orderly. As flames engulfed the right wing, passengers screamed and clambered over seats even before the American Airlines jet came to a stop on...
Sompo International Appoints Marine, Aviation & Energy Leaders in London
Jan 30 2018 // Bermuda-based Sompo International announced that Paul Ashworth has joined the company’s London Market Insurance platform as head of Marine Insurance, managing a diverse portfolio, including hull & liability and...
General Liability Underwriters to Play Vital Role in Drone Insurance: IUA Report
Jan 30 2018 // Traditional aviation insurance policies are unlikely to address all elements of emerging risks from the rapidly increasing use of drones, according to a report from the International Underwriting Association (IUA). As a...
Airbus Looks to Insurers to Fill Export Trade Funding Gap After Europe’s Freeze
Jan 23 2018 // Airbus said on Monday it is working with private insurance firms and banks to help fill a two-year gap in trade funding left by a European freeze on government export credits, but expects limited public financing to resume...
Drone Owners Warned Against Use near Oklahoma Air Force Base
Jan 19 2018 // Officials at a northern Oklahoma air force base are asking the public to keep recreational drones away from aircraft after a near collision on a training flight. Lt. Col. Eric Schmidt works at Vance Air Force Base. He told...
Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Resumes – 4 Years After Disappearance
Jan 9 2018 // Malaysia’s government said Saturday that it has approved a new attempt by a private company to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly four years after its disappearance sparked one of...
Officials: Water Pipe Break at New York’s JFK Airport Weather-Related
Jan 9 2018 // A water pipe break in one of the terminals at New York’s Kennedy Airport on Sunday added to the delays at the beleaguered airport trying to recover from the aftermath of a snowstorm that has stranded thousands of...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
Big Chill Returns to Menace Northeast as Snow Storm Subsides
Jan 5 2018 // The fast-moving snow storm that pummeled the U.S. Northeast, grounding flights, knocking out power to thousands and causing coastal flooding, gave way to a brutal cold on Friday with dozens of cities expected to break...
‘Weather Bomb’ Hits Canada’s Nova Scotia Causing Power Outages, Canceled Flights
Jan 5 2018 // More than 80,000 customers were hit by power outages in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Thursday evening, leaving parts of the city of Halifax in the dark, as eastern Canada was battered by a massive storm arriving...
Outages, Flooding Expected as Giant Snow and Ice ‘Bomb’ Targets Eastern States
Jan 3 2018 // The worst storm of the winter season has knocked out power to thousands and canceled almost 3,000 flights. Next it threatens to bring more snow, ice and cold from Florida to Nova Scotia, including New York and...
2017 Was Safest Year Ever for Airlines
Jan 2 2018 // Airlines recorded zero accident deaths in commercial passenger jets last year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group that tracks crashes, making 2017 the safest year on record for commercial air...
Verdict Pending in Connecticut Lawsuit Over 2011 Plane Crash
Dec 29 2017 // A federal judge is considering whether an airline company should pay damages to a Connecticut woman injured in a plane crash in Guyana, South America, in 2011. Judge Michael Shea in Hartford, Conn., presided over a...
Delta Projects Revenue Hit of Up to $50M From Atlanta Airport Outage
Dec 22 2017 // The CEO of Delta Air Lines says the company will seek compensation for its losses after a power outage knocked out the Atlanta airport’s power supply and also its backup electricity for about 11 hours Sunday. The...
