Latest Aerospace Headlines

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Family of American Killed in 737 Max Crash Sues Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines

Apr 5 2019 // The family of an American woman killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the airline, Boeing Co. and Rosemount Aerospace Inc., which makes a part of the aircraft that is the...

Ethiopian Airlines’ Pilots Followed Proper Boeing Procedures: 1st Official Crash Report

Apr 4 2019 // Ethiopian investigators urged Boeing to review its flight control technology and said pilots of state carrier Ethiopian Airlines had carried out proper procedures in the first public findings on the crash of a 737 MAX jet...

NOAA Retires Hurricane Names Florence, Michael

Apr 1 2019 // The names of two hurricanes that caused widespread devastation from Florida to Virginia last year have been retired.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says Florence and Michael will be replaced with...

FAA Plans Major Overhaul of Aviation Safety

Mar 27 2019 // The U.S. aviation regulator will significantly change its oversight approach to air safety by July following two fatal Boeing Co MAX 737 passenger plane crashes, according to written congressional testimony seen by...

Relationship Between Boeing, FAA Safety Regulators Under Scrutiny

Mar 25 2019 // Soon after Lion Air Flight 610 plummeted into the Java Sea last October, killing all 189 people aboard, Boeing Co. began to point gingerly toward mistakes the airline may have made.A preliminary report by Indonesian...

Investigation Found FAA Employees Warned of Boeing Influence Over Safety Approvals

Mar 19 2019 // Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees warned as early as seven years ago that Boeing Co. had too much sway over safety approvals of new aircraft, prompting an investigation by Department of Transportation...

Lessons from the Grounding of the Boeing 737 Max: Viewpoint

Mar 15 2019 // This week President Trump grounded the Boeing 737 Max as a result of a crash of a second plane in Africa. The plane had already been grounded in Canada, China, the EU, UK, etc. There is a lot riding on this plane. It is...

Boeing Faces Spate of Lawsuits After Second 737 MAX 8 Crash

Mar 15 2019 // Lawyers are already targeting Boeing Co. for Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster even while investigators are still trying to figure out what caused two 737 Max 8 jetliners to go down in a span of five months,...

Satellites Found 1st Concrete Evidence of Link Between Boeing 737 MAX Crashes

Mar 14 2019 // The first concrete evidence of a possible link between two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes came from space.A new satellite network capable of tracking planes in high fidelity across the globe captured the flight path of the...

U.S. Joins Nations Grounding Boeing 737 MAX Planes Following New Data

Mar 13 2019 // U.S. regulators reversed course Wednesday and announced they will ground Boeing Co.’s top-selling 737 Max family of airliners amid safety concerns after a crash Sunday in Ethiopia — five months after a similar...

Norwegian Air to Seek Compensation from Boeing for Costs of MAX Groundings

Mar 13 2019 // Norwegian Air said on Wednesday it will seek compensation from plane maker Boeing for costs and lost revenue after grounding its fleet of 737 MAX 8 aircraft in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash.“We expect...

U.S. FAA Reaffirms Safety of Boeing 737 Max as Groundings Continue Across Globe

Mar 13 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators reiterated that they see no safety issue with the beleaguered Boeing Co. 737 Max jetliner that warrants grounding the plane despite a pair of deadly crashes and the move by more than 40 other...

Update: Groundings of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Cascade Globally

Mar 13 2019 // Aviation regulators around the globe are grounding Boeing‘s 737 MAX aircraft following Sunday’s deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. Regulators in the United States, where Boeing is based, remained an...

FAA Signals Confidence in Airworthiness of Boeing 737 MAX After 2nd Deadly Crash

Mar 12 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators signaled their confidence in the safety of Boeing Co.’s embattled 737 MAX jetliner, issuing a global notice of “continued airworthiness” a day after the model’s second...

Europeans Join Wave of Nations Halting Boeing 737 MAX Flights; Trump Comments

Mar 12 2019 // The European Union’s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights in the bloc byBoeing 737 MAX planes in the biggest setback yet for the U.S. planemaker following a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157...

Insurers Face Big Claims from Victims’ Families After Boeing 737 MAX Crash: Sources

Mar 12 2019 // Boeing Co.’s insurers face big claims from families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, coming less than six months after the crash of the same type of Boeing aircraft in Indonesia, insurance and aviation...

Best-Selling Boeing 737 Under Scrutiny After Another Deadly Crash

Mar 11 2019 // A fatal crash in Ethiopia on Sunday involving an updated version of Boeing Co.’s best-selling 737 is putting the spotlight back on the aircraft just five months after another deadly crash involving another brand-new...

UK’s Global Aerospace Is Boeing’s Lead Insurer

Mar 11 2019 // Britain’s Global Aerospace is the lead insurer for the world’s biggest plane maker Boeing Co, the insurer’s top boss said on Monday.“I can confirm that Global Aerospace leads Boeing, and also Lion...

Update: Ethiopia Airlines Crash Prompts Some Nations to Ground Boeing 737 MAX 8s

Mar 11 2019 // China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday as witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed...

Marsh, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Agree to Sell JLT’s Aerospace Unit to Gallagher

Mar 4 2019 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) and Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) have entered into an agreement to sell JLT’s aerospace business to Arthur J. Gallagher.The agreement provides for the acquisition of all assets within...