by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 26, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, International News
“We need to mobilize all available resources in extinguishing the fires for the remainder of the week as it is feared we will experience an unprecedented level of wildfire damage,” Acting President Han Duck-soo said in a national address. “They are breaking records as...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2025 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
The Airbus A321 jet caught fire near the cabin’s back seats, Korea’s transport ministry said A fire broke out on a plane operated by Air Busan Co. at a local airport in South Korea late Tuesday, with everyone on board evacuated. Flight BX391, departing from Gimhae...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 22, 2025 | International News, Regulation, Risk Management
Runway end safety areas at nine airports will be lengthened to 240 meters (787 feet), or the structure holding the so-called localizer — an instrument used to guide landing plane — will be changed to an easily breakable material, Korea’s transport ministry said in a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 10, 2025 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Authorities have suggested a bird strike contributed to the accident, but as part of their probe into the incident aboard Boeing 737-800, police have raided the airlines’ Seoul office to seize documents related to the operation and maintenance of the plane Before it...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 2, 2025 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
The spike in fatalities marks a reversal from 2023, which became the safest year ever in aviation with no deaths among large passenger jetliners — typically planes made by Airbus SE and Boeing. Commercial aviation has suffered its deadliest year since 2018 after the...
