All the headlines from our Aviation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 8 2024 // A delay in the inspection of grounded Boeing jets ended on Monday after U.S. officials retrieved a panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 airliner and shares in the planemaker sagged on concerns over the troubled...
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...
Jan 4 2024 // Japan Airlines (JAL) on Thursday said it expected losses of more than $100 million after one of its planes was destroyed when it collided with another aircraft on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport this week.All...
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...
Jan 3 2024 // As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern Japan.At...
Jan 2 2024 // All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller craft on...
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,...
Dec 22 2023 // U.S. airlines say they are prepared for busier end of year holiday travel compared with the same peak period a year earlier, when storms led to thousands of canceled flights and congestion.The U.S. Federal Aviation...
Dec 18 2023 // Widely disruptive, large-scale hacks are surging.After a lull in 2022, ransomware attacks on high-value targets such as big companies, banks, hospitals or government agencies, have seen a “massive uptick” this...
Dec 7 2023 // Global aviation industry leaders will meet in January to discuss safety concerns around increased GPS interference by cyberattackers steering planes off course, an International Air Transport Association executive said on...
Nov 13 2023 // Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot said on Thursday it had clinched a settlement with leasing company BOC Aviation under which nine aircraft are to be handed over to Russian state insurance company NSK.A statement issued by...
Nov 13 2023 // The notorious hacking gang Lockbit has posted what it described as documents belonging to Boeing Co. on its website, two weeks after claiming credit for a cyberattack against the aircraft manufacturer.LockBit recently...
Nov 9 2023 // An increase in serious near-miss aviation incidents is a “clear warning sign that the U.S. aviation system is sharply strained,” National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy will tell a...
Nov 8 2023 // The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it would hold runway safety meetings at 16 additional airports in the coming weeks after a series of troubling close-call aviation incidents.In August, the FAA...
Nov 6 2023 // Three passengers sued Alaska Airlines, saying they suffered emotional distress from an incident last month in which an off-duty pilot is accused of trying to shut down the engines of a plane while catching a ride in the...
Nov 6 2023 // Boeing, one of the world’s largest defense and space contractors, said on Wednesday it was investigating a cyber incident that impacted elements of its parts and distribution business and cooperating with a law...
Nov 1 2023 // What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot`s attempt to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air flight with more than 80 people on board has renewed attention on the mental fitness of those allowed in the cockpit.Joseph...
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...
Oct 30 2023 // Boeing Co said on Oct. 27 that it was assessing a claim made by the Lockbit cybercrime gang that it had “a tremendous amount” of sensitive data stolen from the aerospace giant that it would dump online if...
Oct 26 2023 // Flights were delayed and canceled this week at Houston`s William P. Hobby Airport as crews cleaned up after two private jets clipped wings when they were moving on the airfield, officials said.No injuries were reported and...