Most Popular Aviation Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Aviation Topic Page over the last year.
#1 FBI: Alaska Airlines Passengers Told They Might Be Crime Victims
Mar 27 2024 // The FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might be victims of a crime. “I’m contacting you because we have identified you as a possible...
#2 These Flight Routes Suffer the World’s Worst Turbulence
May 23 2024 // The deadly turbulence on a Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight on its way from London to Singapore has put a spotlight on the world’s most unstable air routes. A British man was killed and seven other people were...
#3 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,...
#4 Insurer AIG Leads Policy for Japan Airlines Plane Involved in Runway Collision: Sources
Jan 3 2024 // U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million “all-risks” policy for the Japan Airlines airplane which collided with another plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, two insurance industry sources said...
#5 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,...
#6 Compensation for Injured Passengers on Singapore Airlines Could Vary Dramatically
May 22 2024 // Passengers injured by severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight on Tuesday are likely eligible for compensation, but the amount each receives could differ dramatically even for identical injuries due to an...
#7 Swiss Re, Others, Drop Call for Moscow Aviation Dispute Hearing
Feb 7 2024 // Swiss Re is among a growing list of reinsurers to drop its demand that a near $10 billion battle with aircraft leasing companies, seeking payouts for more than 200 jets stuck in Russia, should be heard in Moscow, court...
#8 Allianz Is Lead Insurer for Singapore Airlines Incident: Sources
May 24 2024 // Allianz is the lead insurer for the Singapore Airlines aircraft which left one person dead and scores injured after it hit severe turbulence and had to be diverted to Bangkok this week, two sources said on Thursday. The...
#9 Boeing Sued by Alaska Air Passengers Over 737 Max 9 Door Blowout
Jan 16 2024 // Boeing Co. was sued by passengers on an Alaska Airlines Inc. flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, last week after a mid-air blowout of a so-called door plug on the 737 Max 9 jet. The...
#10 Aviation Lessors Secure Settlements With Russia Totaling $2.5B for Trapped Planes
Jan 31 2024 // Aircraft leasing firms have secured settlements with Russia totaling more than $2.5 billion for over a quarter of the roughly 400 aircraft stuck in the country since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In return,...
#11 En Route to Grandma’s House, 6-year-old Put on Wrong Flight to Florida
Dec 28 2023 // FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who left on a flight to visit his grandmother in southwest Florida instead was put on the wrong plane and ended up 160 miles away in Orlando, Florida. When the grandmother,...
#12 Dubai’s Record Rain Floods Expensive Homes and Halts Flights
Apr 18 2024 // Dubai flights have been severely disrupted and cars were left stranded on flooded roads after record rainfall over the past day brought the city to a standstill. The United Arab Emirates experienced its heaviest downpour...
#13 United Airlines Is Latest to Discover Bogus Parts in Plane Engines
Sep 20 2023 // United Airlines Holdings Inc. discovered dubious parts in two aircraft engines, adding to the list of carriers worldwide that have found bogus components from supplier AOG Technics Ltd. The parts were discovered in a...
#14 United Wanted Young, Blue-Eyed, Blonde Women to Staff LA Dodgers Flights, Lawsuit Says
Oct 31 2023 // United Airlines UAL.O has been sued by two longtime flight attendants who say they were excluded from highly coveted assignments to work on charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team because of their racial...
#15 Japan Airline’s Runway Collision Marks Test of How New Carbon Jets Cope in Disaster
Jan 5 2024 // Tuesday’s runway collision in Japan marks the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a new generation of carbon-composite airplanes copes with a...
#16 Travel Insurance ‘Will Likely’ Cover Injuries Sustained in Singapore Airlines Incident: ABI
May 23 2024 // Travel insurance policies “will likely” cover injuries sustained by aircraft turbulence, but policies may vary, the Association Of British Insurers said following the Singapore Airlines SIAL.SI incident on...
#17 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,...
#18 Loss of Engine Cover on Southwest Boeing 737-800 Prompts FAA Probe
Apr 8 2024 // An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open an investigation. No one was injured...
#19 Flight Attendants Accuse Jacksonville Jags Kicker of Sexual Assault on Plane
May 31 2024 // Two unnamed flight attendants have filed suit against the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team and former placekicker Brandon McManus, accusing him of sexual assault during an 8-hour flight to London last fall. The women,...
#20 Boeing Crisis of Confidence Deepens With 787 Now Under Scrutiny
Apr 10 2024 // Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing shortcuts on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in order to ease production bottlenecks of its most...
