Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the hardware side of the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.
Broderick's aviation career started in 1991, working for Airbus in Toulouse. His industry experience includes four years with an aviation consultancy, where he helped launch a U.S. Part 121 carrier; 12 years with the American Association of Airport Executives, where he served as editor of Airport Magazine; and 20 years in full- and part-time roles with Aviation Week writing primarily about safety and the aftermarket.
Broderick was named the 2020 Aerospace Journalist of the Year by the Aerospace Media Awards. He also shared in a 2020 Neal Award for Best News Coverage with Aviation Week Network colleagues. Broderick and Aviation Week colleague John Croft shared the 2015 Flight Safety International Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award recognizing "significant contributions by journalists to aviation safety awareness."
He graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Communications ('91) and earned an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications ('13) from West Virginia University.
Boeing has found two failure scenarios that could cause a 767's elevator system to push the aircraft's nose down without pilot input, prompting investigators working on the October 1999 crash of EgyptAir 990 to plan more tests, Aviation Week&Space Technology affiliate AviationNow.com reported.
After-market spares specialist Heico Corp. and American Airlines parent AMR Corp. are forming a joint venture to produce and sell aircraft engine parts. The business is designed to provide a revenue-producing alternative to higher-priced spares offered by General Electric, Pratt&Whitney and other manufacturers of the most popular airline turbofans.
Runway incursions increased during the last four years at U.S. airports primarily due to an upsurge in less severe incursions, while the most serious class of near-collisions is actually holding steady, a Federal Aviation Administration study found. The study, released Wednesday, for the first time assigns levels of risk to runway incursions at U.S. airports. The agency tracks incursions on a daily basis, publishing the data on its web site. U.S. airports have reported 190 incursions in 2001 through June 20, putting them on pace to report about 400 for the year.
