Yes, we know that flying is typically considered the safest way to travel. This doesn't change the fact that we're hurtling along tens of thousands of feet in the air, in a vehicle that still seems ...

If you've ever traveled on an airplane, you know that masks can drop down to supply oxygen in the case of an emergency. Airline oxygen masks have about a 15-minute supply and typically fall when an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oxygen masks were wrongly deployed on an Air New Zealand flight, the New Zealand Herald reported. The plane had been descending ...

Oxygen masks were wrongly deployed on an Air New Zealand flight, the New Zealand Herald reported. The plane had been descending 7,000 feet to avoid turbulence, the airline's safety chief said. One ...

Flying is still statistically the safest form of transportation, but recent developments have caused us all to lose at least some of our confidence in air travel. After several high profile crashes ...

An automated announcement told United passengers to put on oxygen masks during a Transatlantic flight. A passenger on the flight told aviation news outlet Simple Flying that some people panicked.

Talk about fight or flight. Passengers on a recent United Airlines flight were sent into a panic when an automated emergency announcement came on to tell them to put on their oxygen masks — even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to Japan’s transport ministry, the aircraft’s alarm system detected an abnormality in the mechanism responsible for ...

It took their breath away. As if Boeing planes weren’t plagued by enough problems of late: Passengers flew into a panic after oxygen masks deployed in their faces aboard a Boeing 737, as seen in a ...