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#1 Student Pilot’s Solo Cross-Country Flight Crashed In Connecticut Campground
Jun 7 2024 // PLYMOUTH, Conn. (AP) — A student pilot was attempting a solo cross-country flight before crashing into a Connecticut campground, according to a federal aviation report released Tuesday. The 1968, fixed-wing,...
#2 American Airlines Sued for Removing Black Passengers From Flight
Jun 3 2024 // American Airlines was accused in a lawsuit on May 29 of race discrimination for temporarily removing three Black men from a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to New York City. In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn,...
#3 Southwest Airlines in Court Over Firing of Flight Attendant With Anti-Abortion Views
Jun 5 2024 // Whether a flight attendant was fired for her religious beliefs or for improper conduct when she sent graphic anti-abortion material and disparaging messages to a union leader was at the heart of appeals court arguments...
#4 Details of Aviation Lessor Settlements With Russia Over Trapped Planes
Jun 21 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have struck settlements with Russia totalling around $2.7 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In return,...
#5 US Prosecutors Recommend DOJ Criminally Charge Boeing as Deadline Looms
Jun 24 2024 // U.S. prosecutors are recommending to senior Justice Department officials that criminal charges be brought against Boeing after finding the planemaker violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes, two people familiar...
#6 Insurers Off the Hook in O’Hare International Airport Construction Dispute
Jun 3 2024 // Cracked steel columns are not “property damage,” but are building products that are not covered by a contractor’s general liability policy, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decided in an opinion that...
#7 Singapore Airlines Offers Compensation for Flight Hit by Turbulence
Jun 11 2024 // Singapore Airlines has sent compensation offers to passengers on a flight last month from London to Singapore that ran into severe turbulence, causing dozens of injuries and a death, the carrier said on Tuesday. Passengers...
#8 UK Court Decides Aircraft Disputes to Be Heard in Ukraine, Not London
Jun 7 2024 // A legal battle between insurers and aircraft leasing companies over jets stuck in Ukraine should be heard in Ukraine rather than London, the High Court in London ruled on Thursday. Aircraft lessors, including...
#9 People Moves: Sompo Taps AXA XL’s Murley as Head of UK Distribution, Insurance; Howden’s Aviation Announces 4 Senior Hires
Jun 25 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International and Howden Broking. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Taps AXA XL’s Murley as Head of UK Distribution,...
#10 Cabin Pressure: A Firsthand Examination of the Realities of Airline Worker Risks
Jun 3 2024 // For airline passengers and workers alike, it feels like trouble is lurking behind every cloud of late. Frightening scenes of a door plug flying off an airplane mid-flight have dominated news coverage. Clips of collisions...
#11 Justice Department to Charge Boeing, Seeks Guilty Plea From Planemaker
Jul 2 2024 // The US Justice Department will charge Boeing Co. with criminal fraud, leaving the planemaker to choose between pleading guilty or taking the risk of going to trial, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing has...
