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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An automated announcement told United passengers to put on oxygen masks during a Transatlantic flight. A passenger on the flight ...

The oxygen masks that drop from airplane ceilings during emergencies contain enough breathable air for roughly 12 to 15 minutes—a fact airlines don’t exactly advertise in their cheerful safety ...

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 ...

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 ...

A plane with 267 passengers on board clipped a radar mast after landing at a Turkish airport – leaving a gaping hole in its ...

Federal regulators are ordering an inspection of thousands of Boeing $BA aircraft over concerns that oxygen masks could fail to release in an emergency. The Federal ...

The ordeal left passengers breathless. A pilot on an Air France flight had to enact an emergency landing after a dangerous loss in pressure prompted the flight crew to deploy oxygen masks. The Airbus ...

When you board a flight, the safety video tells you that in the event of a loss of pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the compartment above your seat. But have you ever wondered why they tell you ...

Oxygen masks were deployed on an Air New Zealand flight from Los Angeles to Auckland as it descended 7,000 feet to avoid turbulence in what turned out to be a false emergency , the New Zealand Herald ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Dozens of United Airlines passengers started to panic when an automated emergency announcement told ...