Latest Aviation Headlines
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Boeing Directors Seek Dismissal of Investors’ Lawsuit Over 737 MAX Safety
Mar 30 2021 // Boeing Co. asked a Delaware court to throw out a shareholders’ lawsuit over the safety of its 737 MAX following fatal crashes, saying the board engaged in “robust and well-established” oversight of...
Hundreds of Flights Canceled During China’s Worst Sandstorm in Decade
Mar 16 2021 // BEIJING – China’s capital and a wide swath of the country’s north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, leading to the cancellation of hundreds of flights. Skyscrapers in the center of...
Reuters: Feinberg to Oversee Boeing 737 $500M Victim Compensation Fund
Mar 10 2021 // Prominent attorneys Kenneth Feinberg and Camille Biros have been named to oversee a $500 million victim compensation fund for the relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, a spokeswoman for...
Crash Victims’ Families Seek Boeing CEO Testimony; Lawmakers Seek FAA Records
Mar 1 2021 // Relatives of victims of a Boeing Co. 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia that occurred five months after an Indonesian Lion Air disaster are stepping up pressure on the American planemaker and the federal government, according to a...
U.S. Fines Boeing $6.6 Million Over Safety Pact Noncompliance, Enforcement Cases
Feb 26 2021 // Boeing Co. agreed Thursday to pay $6.6 million in penalties to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after U.S. regulators said it failed to comply with a 2015 safety agreement and cited other safety concerns. The...
Federal Aviation Safety Oversight Remains Weak, Vulnerable, Says Watchdog
Feb 25 2021 // The U.S. regulator that approved the flawed Boeing Co. 737 Max design has continuing weaknesses and is vulnerable to “future high-risk safety concerns,” a government watchdog report found. The Transportation...
Airline to Pay $3.2M After Woman Dies at Oregon Airport
Feb 25 2021 // A jury has ordered Alaska Airlines to pay $3.2 million to the family of a 75-year-old disabled woman who died four months after falling down a Portland International Airport escalator. KGW reports the family of Bernice...
Aviation Regulator Sees Pandemic Bringing New Safety Risks
Feb 24 2021 // U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson warned on Tuesday of a changed industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has shaken air travel over the past year and created new safety risks that must be...
Parts Fall from Colorado Sky in Boeing 777 Scare
Feb 22 2021 // David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way to a long-awaited vacation when a huge explosion and flash of light interrupted an in-flight announcement and put him in survival...
Airlines Urged to Ground 777 Jets After United Falling Debris Incident
Feb 22 2021 // Boeing Co. urged airlines to suspend the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend after U.S. regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while...
Boeing Issues Global Safety Warning to Pilots in Wake of Indonesian 737 Crash
Feb 18 2021 // Boeing Co. has issued a safety bulletin reminding pilots of the steps required to ensure they maintain control of their aircraft in the wake of last month’s deadly plunge of an Indonesian jetliner into the Java...
Allianz Makes Personnel Changes to Georgia-Based Aviation Team
Feb 11 2021 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s (AGCS) North American Aviation team has promoted two executives and hired a new underwriting specialist, effective immediately. Lamont Rosemond has been promoted to regional...
Lawsuit Over 2017 Connecticut Training Flight Crash Is Settled
Jan 29 2021 // The sister of a student pilot who died in a small plane crash in Connecticut in 2017 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the flight school she accused of failing to maintain the aircraft. Terms of the settlement...
Tornado Hits Florida’s Capital City; Damages, Closes Airport
Jan 29 2021 // A tornado touched down near the airport in Florida’s capital city Wednesday, flipping at least one small plane over and knocking out weather radar before moving east into residential neighborhoods, the National...
Airlines Seek WHO Approval of Quarantine-Free Travel After Vaccines
Jan 27 2021 // The airline industry has called on the World Health Organization to rule it’s safe for people to fly without quarantining once they’ve had a coronavirus vaccine. Acknowledgement of that principle from the...
United Airlines CEO Urges Employers to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines
Jan 25 2021 // United Airlines may make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, and other companies should do the same, United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby told workers at a meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript...
Indonesian Divers Recover Sriwijaya Air’s Flight Recorder
Jan 12 2021 // Indonesian Navy divers retrieved one of the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing Co. jet that plunged into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta on Saturday afternoon, a key step in discovering what caused the...
Boeing to Pay $2.5B to Settle With Justice Department Over 737 MAX Crashes
Jan 11 2021 // Boeing Co. will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to the grounding of its...
Aviation Reinsurance Rates Rise by as Much as 250% in January Renewals: Willis Re
Jan 4 2021 // Aviation reinsurance rates rose by up to 250% at the key Jan. 1 renewal date, broker Willis Re said in a report on Monday, with the market still reeling from the impact of Boeing 737 MAX crashes two years ago. The 737 MAX...
Global Aviation Deaths Rose in 2020, Although Number of Crashes Fell
Jan 4 2021 // The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by more than 50%, a Dutch consulting firm said on Friday. Aviation consulting firm To70...
