All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 12 2019 // A government safety inspector who saw a popular New York City, doors-off sightseeing helicopter flight operation six months before a fatal 2018 crash called it “unorthodox,” but officials thought they had no...
Dec 11 2019 // Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson confirmed Wednesday the agency will not allow Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 MAX, involved in two fatal crashes in five months, to resume flying before the end of...
Dec 3 2019 // The Philippines reopened its main airport late Tuesday as Typhoon Kammuri heads to the South China Sea, leaving at least three people dead and displacing half a million more.Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s...
Dec 2 2019 // As U.S. corporate jet use approaches pre-financial crisis levels and chief executives take an increasing number of personal trips on the company tab, many investors are being kept in the dark about the true cost of the...
Nov 22 2019 // A Boeing Co. lawyer said the aircraft maker has reached settlements in more than 60 wrongful death cases filed after a 737 Max 8 plane flown by Lion Air crashed in Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people...
Nov 19 2019 // A shareholder lawsuit filed on Monday accused Boeing Co.’s board of doing nothing to investigate the safety of the 737 MAX until the fast-selling plane suffered a second deadly crash in five months.The lawsuit is the...
Nov 18 2019 // Federal safety officials say that 393 people died in U.S. civilian plane crashes last year, a 15% increase over the year before.All but a dozen of the deaths occurred in general aviation, which usually involves small...
Nov 14 2019 // Aviation regulators around the world need to do a better job of assessing hazards in aircraft designs and understanding how pilots might be tripped up by complex technology in the wake of the two fatal crashes on Boeing...
Nov 7 2019 // French volunteer search teams have found fragments from an engine that exploded in mid-air over eastern France in July, officials said on Wednesday.The discovery came in an unprecedented search operation involving 150...
Nov 5 2019 // The rate of fatal airplane crashes in Alaska is higher than the national average, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.The NTSB has preliminary reports for 10 fatal plane wrecks in Alaska for the 2019...
Oct 30 2019 // Four members of one family were injured Sunday when a small plane crashed on takeoff from an airport in upstate New York.According to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, the single-engine Beechcraft came down just...
Oct 28 2019 // What’s left of Tropical Storm Olga was causing soggy conditions in Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday and dozens of flights were canceled or delayed at New Orleans’ main airport after two power outages.There...
Oct 28 2019 // Indonesian investigators found sweeping problems and missteps in connection with last year’s fatal Lion Air crash, including design flaws in Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jet, certification failures by the U.S....
Oct 28 2019 // Two Democrats on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday introduced legislation to mandate numerous aviation safety recommendations in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people and led to...
Oct 22 2019 // United Parcel Service Inc.’s new Flight Forward drone unit will soon start home prescription delivery from CVS Health Corp.The service, which will debut in one or two U.S. cities in the coming weeks, shows how the...
Oct 18 2019 // On-demand insurance will play a fundamental role in the future of the industry, according to research published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA).Pay-as-you go models of cover will allow customers to...
Oct 15 2019 // Australia banned a traveler from visiting for three years after she failed to declare her suitcase was loaded with food, including products that risk introducing a pig-killing virus.The 44-year-old woman, who arrived at...
Oct 14 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer and subsidiary of MS&AD, confirms its exit from the aviation insurance market, effective from Oct. 14 when it will cease underwriting aviation insurance renewals or new...
Oct 11 2019 // U.S. aviation regulators assessing Boeing Co.’s 737 Max sometimes didn’t follow their own rules, used out-of-date procedures and lacked the resources and expertise to fully vet the design changes implicated in...
Oct 9 2019 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced four senior appointments to Marsh JLT Specialty’s Aviation Practice in London and New York.In London, Tony Ambrose and Martyn Holland are set to join as...