Latest Aviation Headlines
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Judge Nixes U.S. Suit Against Malaysia Airlines, Insurer Allianz Over Plane Disappearance
Nov 25 2018 // A U.S. judge has dismissed nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims’ families sought to hold the carrier, its insurer Allianz SE and Boeing Co. liable for the...
Willis Towers Watson Launches Cyber Solution for Airports
Nov 19 2018 // In response to cyber and digital risk being identified as the top concern facing airports today¹, Willis Towers Watson has introduced CyFly for Airports, an insurance solution specifically tailored to cover cyber...
Boeing Defends 737 Safety as First U.S. Lawsuit Filed Over Lion Air Crash
Nov 16 2018 // Boeing Co. has been sued in what may be the first U.S. claim tied to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610, which dove into the Java Sea after taking off from Jakarta Oct. 29. Irianto, the father of Dr. Rio Nanda Pratama, an...
Cathay Pacific’s Data Breach Scrutinized by 27 Regulators in 15 Jurisdictions
Nov 15 2018 // Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday it is working with 27 regulators in 15 jurisdictions to investigate a data breach that affected millions of passengers, as Hong Kong lawmakers grilled executives over how it handled...
Safety Board Hearing Probes Fatal Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Explosion
Nov 15 2018 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board opened an investigative hearing on Wednesday into the fatal engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that killed one passenger. Dallas-based Southwest has been under...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Appoints Tardif as Head Aviation Canada
Nov 15 2018 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has appointed Simon Tardif as head Aviation Canada, effective Oct. 29, 2018. In this role, Tardif will be responsible for the growth and strategy of the aviation team across Canada. He has...
Biggest Airline Data Breach Lasted for Months, Confirms Cathay Pacific
Nov 14 2018 // Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., which is under fire for the world’s biggest airline data breach, said the sophisticated attacks lasted months as it took steps to shield its exposed computer network. The attacks were...
U.S. Pilots Maintain Boeing Never Warned of System Linked to 737 Crash in Indonesia
Nov 13 2018 // Two U.S. pilots’ unions say the potential risks of a safety feature on Boeing Co.’s 737 Max aircraft that has been linked to a deadly crash in Indonesia weren’t sufficiently spelled out in their manuals...
Deadly Lion Air Crash Puts Spotlight on Safety Culture Within Indonesia’s Airlines
Nov 9 2018 // In April 2013, a Lion Air Boeing 737 missed the runway on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in bad weather and plowed into the sea, cracking its fuselage open on the rocks. All 108 on board survived. But a September...
New Clues to Lion Air 737 Max Crash Revealed in Boeing, FAA Warnings
Nov 8 2018 // A Boeing Co. warning to 737 Max operators around the globe provides the first clues about how bad data from an airflow sensor might have contributed to the deadly crash of an Indonesian airliner last week. The bulletin and...
Update: Boeing Issues Warning About 737 Max Jet in Response to Lion Air Crash
Nov 7 2018 // Boeing Co. is advising airlines on procedures to deal with false readings from an plane sensor that authorities say malfunctioned on a 737 Max jet that crashed off the Indonesian coast over a week ago. The...
World’s Biggest Airline Data Breach at Cathay Pacific Probed by Hong Kong Watchdog
Nov 6 2018 // Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog is investigating Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. after the carrier last month disclosed the world’s biggest airline data breach that exposed personal information of 9.4 million...
Data Recorder Shows Crashed Boeing 737 Max Had Airspeed Issues on Last 4 Flights
Nov 6 2018 // The Lion Air plane that crashed in the Java Sea last week had faulty airspeed readings during its last four flights and Indonesian investigators called on planemaker Boeing Co. and U.S. authorities to ensure there...
Lion Air Jet’s Audio Black Box Could Hold Key to Mystery of Doomed Flight
Nov 5 2018 // Search crews hunting for the remains of Lion Air Flight JT610 have found the data recorder, engines and body parts of some of the 189 victims. But the key to solving the mystery behind the crash is still missing: the...
Crashed Lion Air Boeing Jet Previously Had Problems with Altitude, Speed Sensors
Nov 2 2018 // The Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea off Indonesia earlier this week had experienced problems with the sensors used to calculate altitude and speed on its previous flight, an issue that could help explain why...
Update: Divers Resume Search for 2nd Black Box from Crashed Lion Air Jet
Nov 2 2018 // Indonesian divers hunted on Friday for a second black box from an aircraft that crashed into the sea this week with the loss of all 189 people on board, as investigators tried to get data from a partly damaged recorder...
Black Box from Crashed Lion Air Jet Retrieved from Wreckage by Divers
Nov 1 2018 // Indonesian authorities on Thursday retrieved a flight data recorder from a Lion Air jet that crashed and broke apart in shallow sea near the capital, Jakarta, this week, killing all 189 people on board. The country’s...
Search Team May Have Located Main Wreckage of Lion Air’s Crashed Jet
Oct 31 2018 // Indonesia may be close to finding the main wreckage of the Lion Air plane that crashed earlier this week, as the hunt for clues to what caused the country’s worst air disaster since 1997 continued into a third...
Typhoon Yutu Slams into Philippines, Traveling Path of Super Storm Mangkhut
Oct 30 2018 // Typhoon Yutu slammed into northern Philippines on Tuesday and is traveling a path similar to last month’s super storm Mangkhut that killed at least 82 people and damaged about $500 million of farm output in the...
Update: Lion Air Jet Plunged at 350 Miles Per Hour Before Crash, Data Show
Oct 30 2018 // More than a day after a brand-new Boeing Co. 737 Max jet flown by Indonesia’s Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea, the search for the plane failed to yield much as investigators continued the grim task of uncovering...
