Latest Aviation Headlines
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EC3 Brokers Launches Casualty and Cyber Specialty Division
May 12 2020 // EC3 Brokers announced the launch of its specialty division, with the appointment of Jonathon Lane as head of the division. Lane is joined by Dominic Toogood and Gary Moore. All three joined on May 1 and initially will...
Southwest Jet Hits, Kills Man on Austin Airport Runway
May 11 2020 // A man was struck and killed on May 7 by a commercial jet landing on a runaway at an airport in Austin, Texas, authorities said. The pilot of Southwest Airlines Flight 1392, a Boeing 737 arriving from Dallas, reported...
Pilot Sues Colorado Hotel Over Dismissed Exposure Charge
May 4 2020 // A United Airlines pilot whose charge of indecent exposure was dismissed sued the Denver, Colo. airport hotel where his arrest occurred. An attorney for Andrew Collins filed the lawsuit against The Westin Denver...
Pilot Sues Colorado Hotel Over Dismissed Exposure Charge
Apr 28 2020 // A United Airlines pilot whose charge of indecent exposure was dismissed sued the Denver, Colo. airport hotel where his arrest occurred. An attorney for Andrew Collins filed the lawsuit against The Westin Denver...
Widespread Damage, At Least 19 Deaths from Easter Storms Across South
Apr 14 2020 // Severe weather swept across the South Monday, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in...
Report on Arizona Plane Crash That Killed 6 Cites Weight, Drugs
Apr 14 2020 // An investigation into a 2018 plane crash that killed all six people aboard found that one of two pilots aboard the aircraft had drugs in his system and that the plane exceeded its weight limit according to a federal...
Progressive, Travelers, USAA Latest to Offer Insureds Discounts, Other Accommodations
Apr 9 2020 // More insurers are coming forward every day with discounts, extended coverage and relaxed payment terms for insureds affected by shelter-in-place and other conditions required during the coronavirus crisis. Progressive...
Fire Near Florida Airport Burns 3,500 Rental Cars
Apr 7 2020 // More than 3,500 rental cars were damaged or destroyed in a fire that burned near a Florida airport before being contained late Friday night. The Fort Myers News-Press reports the cars were in a grassy area used as an...
Passenger Sues United Airlines Over Refusal to Refund Airfare Despite U.S. Order
Apr 7 2020 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. was sued by a passenger for refusing to issue refunds for canceled flights, three days after U.S. regulators ordered airlines to reimburse customers. The passenger, Jacob Rudolph, filed the...
Consumers Find Travel Insurance Policies Not Much Help in Coronavirus Crisis
Apr 6 2020 // Purchasers of travel insurance are finding their policies all but worthless as the global pandemic forces them to change their plans, or worse, leaves them sick at sea. Most travel insurance companies won’t provide...
Coronavirus Impact on Aviation Insurance: Gallagher
Apr 5 2020 // Airplanes with a total insured value of more than $160 billion are grounded around the world, presenting risks for insurers, a report said on Friday. Singapore has the largest number of planes standing idle at airports, at...
Owner of WWII-Era Bomber Banned from Carrying Passengers After Connecticut Crash
Mar 27 2020 // The Federal Aviation Administration revoked a foundation’s permission to carry passengers aboard its World War II-era planes after a deadly crash in October. The agency cited safety concerns in its decision to...
Boeing Suspending Production in Seattle over Virus
Mar 26 2020 // Boeing will suspend operations at its Seattle area facilities due to the spread of coronavirus, idling tens of thousands of aerospace workers, the company said Monday. At least 110 people have died from COVID-19 in...
Pandemic Hampers World’s Weather Forecasts with Halting of Commercial Flights
Mar 26 2020 // The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on data collected from planes. That means a crucial eye in the sky has...
India in Lockdown Rushes to Maintain Back Office Functions for Global Businesses
Mar 25 2020 // Companies in India are scrambling to ensure that the millions who staff the back offices of Wall Street banks and take on work outsourced by firms from airlines to insurers can keep going as the nation mandates increased...
Construction Contractor Getting $184M in Colorado Settlement
Mar 23 2020 // The Denver International Airport has settled a dispute for more than $180 million with a contracting company that was fired before completing a terminal renovation project. The airport filed an agreement Friday in a...
M5.7 Earthquake in Utah Confirmed
Mar 20 2020 // With much of normal life at a screeching halt to combat the coronavirus, millions of people in Utah are hunkered down in the safety of their homes. But on Wednesday morning, even that protection felt fragile as an...
Willis Towers Watson Launches Business Aviation Community Group
Mar 17 2020 // Willis Towers Watson announced the launch of “A Class,” a community group focused on delivering data, knowledge and solutions to its business aviation clients. A Class focuses on data analytics and risk...
Pilot Dies After Small Plane Crashes in Massachusetts
Mar 16 2020 // The pilot of a small plane that crashed into a wooded and swampy area shortly after takeoff from a Massachusetts airport has died, authorities say. The Cessna 177 single-engine plane crashed about 100 yards north of the...
Insurers Face Big Investment Losses, Trade Credit Claims from Coronavirus Crisis
Mar 12 2020 // Having initially brushed off the potential impact from coronavirus-linked claims, global insurers are waking up to the prospect of a double whammy – a sharp rise in payouts at a time of big investment losses. Because...
