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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 most...

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 2014...

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 operations-manual...

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...

Boeing 737 Max, Operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, Crashes with 189 on Board

Oct 29 2018 // A Boeing Co. 737 Max jet, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, crashed in the Java Sea with 189 people on board, making it the model’s first accident and potentially the worst commercial aviation disaster in three...

Cathay Pacific Cyber Attack Is World’s Biggest Airline Data Breach

Oct 26 2018 // Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said a hacker accessed personal information of 9.4 million customers, becoming the target of the world’s biggest airline data breach.The airline’s shares sank the most in almost two...

Time to Upgrade Airline Black Boxes, Says Safety Board

Oct 19 2018 // The ubiquitous black boxes on airliners — designed to capture the sometimes gruesome words and sounds leading up to crashes — need an upgrade, U.S. accident investigators say.In too many cases, the current two...

Alaska Pilot Awarded $500K in Airplane Safety Whistleblower Case

Oct 18 2018 // A federal judge has sided with an Anchorage, Alaska pilot who claimed a Homer-based air carrier fired him for reporting safety problems.Brian Bell had reported that Bald Mountain Air Service falsified safety records and...

Single Pilot Operations for Air Cargo a Test for Autonomous Flying

Oct 11 2018 // Aerospace and innovation have gone hand-in-hand since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Airplanes were once simple metal tubes powered by propellers. Long-haul flying meant four engines and at least three pilots on...