Latest Aviation Headlines
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Deaths on Passenger Jet Aircraft Rise Across Globe in 2018
Jan 2 2019 // The fatality rate on passenger jet aircraft worldwide jumped in 2018 after airlines recorded zero accident deaths on passenger jets in the prior year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety...
New York Transformer Explosion Lights Sky, Causes Power Outages
Dec 31 2018 // A transformer explosion at an electrical plant set the skies above New York City ablaze in an eerie, pulsing blue light Thursday night, causing scattered power outages, delaying flights and sparking a social media storm of...
Victim’s Family Sues Boeing Over Lion Air Flight Crash
Dec 27 2018 // The family of a man who was killed when a Lion Air flight crashed in October has sued Boeing Co., alleging the 737 MAX 8 aircraft was “unreasonably dangerous” and demanding a jury trial in Chicago, where the...
Indonesia Volcano Alert Widened as Ash Clouds Affect Aviation After Deadly Tsunami
Dec 27 2018 // Indonesian authorities widened an area marked as a danger zone around the Mount Anak Krakatau as the volcano continued to send hot ash clouds into the sky after a weekend tsunami triggered by a landslide killed more than...
Ineffective Anti-Drone Systems Leave U.S. Airports Facing Risks Like London’s
Dec 27 2018 // U.S. airports may be just as vulnerable as London’s Gatwick airport to the kind of illegal drone incursions that shut down the U.K.’s second-busiest hub this week. Counter- drone technology performed so poorly...
London’s Gatwick Airport Reopens After Drones Cause 36 Hours of Travel Chaos
Dec 21 2018 // London’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos for over a hundred thousand Christmas travelers by using drones to play cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the...
London’s Gatwick Airport Suspends Flights on Multiple Drone Sightings
Dec 20 2018 // London’s Gatwick airport is closed to aircraft following multiple sightings of illegal drones, disrupting flights for as many as 115,000 people on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Lines of passengers...
Possible Drone Strike on Aeromexico Jetliner Under Investigation
Dec 14 2018 // Grupo Aeromexico SAB is investigating whether a drone slammed into a Boeing Co. 737 jetliner as the aircraft approached its destination in Tijuana, Mexico, on the U.S. border. Images on local media showed considerable...
Analysts See Autonomous Flying Vehicles Taking Off
Dec 14 2018 // Flying cars, long a staple of science fiction, may be landing in the real world sooner than you think. Sleek vehicles floating above their more chaotic, terrestrial siblings are common trope in stories of a more...
Starr Insurance Cos. Expands Aviation Insurance Operations to Brazil
Dec 12 2018 // Starr Insurance Cos. announced that Starr International Brasil Seguradora S.A. has been granted a local license to offer aviation insurance. “We are thrilled to be adding aviation capability in an important, growing...
Major Snowstorm Causes Icy Roads, Power Outages Across Much of Southeast
Dec 11 2018 // Residents walked instead of driving cars and children enjoyed another day of building snowmen with school canceled Monday after a wintry storm dropped snow, sleet or freezing rain across five southern states. Accidents on...
Bureaucratic Disputes, Funding Problems Hinder Search for 2nd Lion Air Black Box
Dec 11 2018 // Bureaucratic wrangling and funding problems have hampered the search for the cockpit voice recorder of a crashed Lion Air jet, prompting investigators to turn to the airline to foot the bill in a rare test of global norms...
Winter Storm Leaves Mess Behind in Southeast, More Snow Expected
Dec 10 2018 // A massive storm brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain across a wide swath of the South on Sunday – causing dangerously icy roads, immobilizing snowfalls and power losses to hundreds of thousands of people. North...
AssuredPartners Acquires AOPA Insurance Agency’s Aviation Book of Business
Dec 10 2018 // AssuredPartners Inc. has added the aviation book of business formerly owned by AOPA Insurance Agency Inc. into the AP Aerospace operations of AssuredPartners. AOPA is a Frederick, Md.-based aerospace specific association...
Gallagher Buys Boston Marks Group with Offices in N. Zealand, Australia, UK & U.S.
Dec 10 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based insurance broker, has acquired Boston Marks Insurance NZ in New Zealand, BMG Aviation in Australia and the book of business of Boston Marks Insurance Brokers...
Southeast Slammed by Winter Storm Diego
Dec 9 2018 // Winter Storm Diego struck the Southeastern region of the U.S. Saturday night, ravaging travel plans and wiping power from hundreds of thousands of homes. The snowstorm was expected to persist throughout Sunday, with flight...
Boeing Defends 737 MAX Planes as Safe Amid Calls for More Pilot Training
Dec 7 2018 // Aviation authorities in Indonesia and India on Thursday pushed for more simulator training for Boeing Co 737 MAX pilots following the deadly Lion Air crash, while the world’s largest planemaker reiterated that its...
Suit Filed in Kansas Says Cessna Crash Caused by Drill Bit Left During Repair
Dec 5 2018 // A drill bit left during repair of a single-engine Cessna aircraft is responsible for a 2015 crash in Arkansas that caused minor injuries to the pilot and destroyed the new $712,290 aircraft, a federal lawsuit filed in...
Lion Air Crash Demonstrates Unintended Consequences of Cockpit Automation
Nov 30 2018 // As Boeing Co. was developing its latest version of the 737 airliner, it discovered the design was slightly more prone to a loss of control. So the company added a computer-driven safety feature — one that is now a...
Storm System Cancels Flights, Creates Treacherous Driving Conditions in Midwest
Nov 27 2018 // A wintry storm brought blizzard-like conditions to parts of the Midwest early Monday, grounding hundreds of flights and causing slick roads for commuters as they returned to work after the Thanksgiving weekend. The Chicago...
