Latest Aviation Headlines
All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safety Agency Warns of Tail Strikes, Off-Course Flying by Near-Empty Airplanes
Jun 12 2020 // One nearly empty passenger jet “climbed like a rocket,” prompting the pilots to exceed their assigned altitude. Others have scraped their tails on takeoff, gone off course or strayed close enough to other...
Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Crash of WWII-Era Airplane in Connecticut
Jun 11 2020 // A lawsuit has been filed against the owners and operators of a World War II-era airplane that crashed at a Connecticut airport last October, killing seven people. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state Superior Court by...
Starr Launches Usage-Based Aviation Insurance for Pilots Who Rent
Jun 9 2020 // Starr Insurance Companies has launched Starr Gate, a new general aviation policy for pilots who rent aircrafts. The coverage offers “high-definition underwriting” and usage-based pricing with a tool designed to...
California Orders Unlicensed Van Rental Company to Stop Selling Insurance Products
Jun 4 2020 // The California Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order against unlicensed van rental company, Airport Van Rental Inc. and its owners, Yazdan Irani, 57, of Encino, and his wife, Kimberly, 61, for operating a...
National Safety Board Urges Helicopter Manufacturers to Add Crash-Data Recorders
Jun 3 2020 // The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday urged six major manufacturers to equip turbine-powered helicopters with crash-resistant systems to record data, audio and images, after former NBA star Kobe Bryant...
Hawaii Lifting Quarantine for Travel Between Islands June 16
Jun 3 2020 // Hawaii Gov. David Ige said that starting on June 16, he will lift the 14-day quarantine for people traveling between the state’s islands that he instituted to control the spread of the coronavirus. A separate 14-day...
Grounded Airplanes at Risk from Asia’s Tropical Storm Season, Industry Experts Warn
Jun 3 2020 // Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region’s tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can’t...
Pilot in Helicopter Crash That Killed Lakers Star Had No Drugs, Alcohol in System
Jun 1 2020 // The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside...
Crashed Pakistan Plane First Tried to Land Without Landing Gear at 203 Miles Per Hour
May 28 2020 // A deadly plane crash in Pakistan is prompting questions about how the crew could touch down without landing gear when their sophisticated jetliner was bristling with equipment to prevent pilots from doing just that. After...
Airbus Opens Investigation into Plane Crash that Killed 97 in Pakistan
May 27 2020 // Pakistan announced Tuesday that Airbus experts have opened a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when an Airbus A320 went down in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in the port city of...
NFL Player Sues Airline, Says Attendants Failed to Stop Sexual Harassment by Passenger
May 26 2020 // An NFL player is suing United Airlines, saying he was harassed and sexually assaulted by an intoxicated female passenger on a red-eye flight in February. The player said in a lawsuit that soon after boarding the...
Update: Airbus A320 Jet Crashes in Pakistan with 99 People on Board
May 22 2020 // A Pakistan International Airlines Corp. flight with 99 people on board crashed into a residential neighborhood of Karachi after the pilots reported losing power from both engines as the plane approached for landing. So far...
Safety Probe Cites ‘Poor Safety Culture’ for Fatal Air Ambulance Crash
May 21 2020 // A lax safety culture at an air ambulance company led to the crash of a medical helicopter last year in snowy weather in Ohio that killed three people, federal investigators said Tuesday. Survival Flight’s...
Update: Cyclone Amphan Floods Areas of India and Bangladesh, Killing Dozens of People
May 21 2020 // The biggest cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal in two decades wrecked havoc along India’s east coast and in Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, flooding low-lying areas and affecting power supply. Amphan is...
Journalist’s Spouse Sues Aircraft Owners, Insurers Over Deadly Louisiana Crash
May 20 2020 // The husband of a broadcast journalist who was killed in a Louisiana plane crash along with four others has filed a lawsuit against the aircraft’s owners and insurers, as well as the pilot’s estate. Steven...
Please Place Your Masks in Upright Position. Airlines Stress Safety to Lure Passengers.
May 20 2020 // U.S. carriers JetBlue Airways Corp. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. announced fresh safety measures on Wednesday aimed at restoring confidence in travel as several executives pointed to signs domestic demand is...
U.S. to Mandate Safety Management for Aircraft Manufacturers
May 20 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it would require Boeing Co. and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety-management tools following two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people. The plan...
Chinese Hackers Blamed for Accessing Records of 9 Million easyJet Customers
May 19 2020 // Chinese hackers are suspected of accessing email and travel details of about nine million easyJet customers, said two sources familiar with the investigation into a cyber attack disclosed by the British airline on...
Pilot in Helicopter Cash That Killed Lakers Star Had No Drugs, Alcohol in System
May 18 2020 // The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside...
Officials: Why Was Man Killed by Jet on Texas Runway There?
May 14 2020 // Investigators are trying to determine how a man with apparently no security clearance ended up on a runway at a Texas airport where he was struck and killed by a landing commercial jet. Junin Ko, 22, died on May 7 after a...
