Latest Aviation Headlines
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SpaceX Cargo Loss is Government’s, but Rocket Costs and Backlog Uncertain
Jun 29 2015 // SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket en route to the International Space Station erupted in flames on Sunday moments after its launch, delivering a potential business interruption blow to the so-far highly successful private...
AeroMexico Dreamliner Makes Emergency Landing in Ireland
Jun 29 2015 // A Boeing 787 Dreamliner en route from Mexico City to Paris made an emergency landing at Ireland’s Shannon Airport on Monday and all 193 people on board disembarked safely, a spokesman for the airport said on...
Utah Cabs Want Ridesharing Companies Subject to Airport Fare Rules
Jun 22 2015 // A Utah cab company lawyer says it’s frustrating that new limits on airport cab fares won’t apply to ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. Yellow Cab attorney Rocky Anderson said last week that cab companies...
Airlines Debate How to Assess Pilots’ Mental Health after Germanwings Crash
Jun 10 2015 // Pilot screening and mental health measures aimed at preventing a recurrence of the Germanwings crash are rife with complications that will make them tough to implement, airline industry executives said this...
AIG Gains $3.7 Billion Cash in Sale of Aircraft Leasing Unit AerCap Stock
Jun 5 2015 // American International Group Inc., the largest commercial insurer in the U.S. and Canada, raised $3.7 billion in cash by selling AerCap Holdings NV stock in a larger- than-planned transaction. AIG sold about 71.2 million...
Natural Gas Released as Pipeline Ruptures in Arkansas River
Jun 4 2015 // A two-mile section of the Arkansas River near Little Rock remained closed on June 3 following the rupture of a pipeline that released enough natural gas to fuel about 65 homes for a year. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman...
International General Insurance Hires 3 Underwriters for London Office
Jun 4 2015 // International General Insurance Holdings Limited (IGIH) announced that it has hired three senior underwriters at IGI UK “as part of a strategy for growing the London based operations. The company named Barry Marren...
Drone Industry Development Backed by Plentiful Insurance Capacity: Marsh Report
Jun 2 2015 // The rapid development of the unmanned aerial systems (UAS/drone) industry is underpinned by the insurance market’s willingness to provide cover for the deployment of the fledging technology, said a report published...
NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter Planes Get $42 million Upgrade
Jun 2 2015 // The hurricane planes known affectionately as “Miss Piggy” and “Kermit” are getting new Rolls-Royce engines, new wings and better radar. Every hurricane season for nearly four decades, the two...
Google Drone Prototype Crashes
May 31 2015 // A prototype of the massive solar-powered drone Google Inc. plans to build as a platform for delivering Internet service from the sky was destroyed in a crash at a New Mexico test site. The unmanned Solara 50 fell to the...
‘All at Sea:’ Australia’s Search for MH370 Wreckage Under Scrutiny
May 28 2015 // Nearly a year after embarking on a multi-million dollar quest to solve one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries, authorities and search teams are being criticized over their approach to finding Flight MH370 in...
Are Planes Safe? Hacker Case Points to Deeper Cyber-Risk Issues
May 26 2015 // Security researcher Chris Roberts made headlines last month when he was hauled off a plane in New York by the FBI and accused of hacking into flight controls via his under seat entertainment unit. Other security...
JetBlue: No Way to Prevent Pilot’s Meltdown
May 25 2015 // JetBlue Airways Corp. believes it had no way to know it should have grounded a former pilot before his midair meltdown forced an emergency landing, and that his $14.9 million damages lawsuit should be...
Airlines Banning Bulk Shipments of Lithium Rechargeable Batteries
May 19 2015 // Replacing smartphone batteries just got harder. Fearing cargo fires like one that caused a United Parcel Service Inc. freighter to crash into the desert near Dubai in 2010, at least 18 airlines have banned freight...
Best Sees Insurance Opportunities with Increasing Commercial Drone Use
May 12 2015 // A.M. Best’s analysis of the growth in the use of drone aircraft concludes that the “commercial use of drones presents exciting possibilities to a number of industries, but as with any new technology, unique and...
Wild Weather Leaves 1 Dead in Texas; Tornados, Flooding Reported
May 11 2015 // Several tornadoes ripped through the northern part of Texas, leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely populated area over the weekend, authorities said. One of the tornadoes on Saturday shattered...
Beyond Cars and Drones, Google Sees Pilotless Airlines
May 6 2015 // The chief of Google Inc.’s experimental cargo-drone program wants to see automated flight go beyond pilotless planes and extend to commercial air travel. Just as automation has proved its worth in factories by...
NTSB: Chopper Hoist Was Spinning Before Texas Nurse’s Fatal Fall
May 6 2015 // Investigators say a hoist suspended from a medical helicopter, which was carrying a nurse and patient from a Texas hiking trail, was spinning just before the nurse fell to her death. The National Transportation Safety...
NOAA in Miami to Send More Hurricane Drones into Atlantic this Season
May 6 2015 // Scientists are planning to send more drones flying into hurricanes that develop during the upcoming Atlantic storm season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration first launched the 13-pound winged drones into...
Corporations Push for Fewer U.S. Drone Restrictions
May 5 2015 // As U.S. regulators study how to govern commercial drones, corporate America is plunging ahead on using unmanned aircraft in a bid to speed the process and win concessions on proposed restrictions. Large companies including...
