DRAMATIC footage has captured the moment a loud bang rocked a passenger plane just before it was about to take off. An Alaska Airlines aircraft was hurtling down the runway at Washington Dulles ...

According to the Simple Flying website, we have about 10 to 14 minutes worth of oxygen and that’s it. However, that’s plenty of time for the pilot to drop down to below 10,000 feet where we ...

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 ...

The Egyptian air accident investigation commission’s recommendations draw on analysis by French counterpart BEA into attempts ...

While French investigators believe an intense oxygen-fuelled cockpit fire brought down an EgyptAir Airbus A320 eight years ...

The crew on Tuesday's flight from Hong Kong to the city of Dalian released oxygen masks and brought the plane more than 6,500m (21,000ft) lower. It later returned to cruising altitude. An initial ...

"In line with standard procedure, the crew deployed oxygen masks, carried out a controlled descent, and landed safely in ...

"The small triangles above aeroplane windows are known as 'passenger service unit locators' or 'emergency reference markers’, ...

But recent airplane emergencies serve as abrupt reminders that flight attendants are first responders who train rigorously to save lives. Alaska Airlines flight attendants put on oxygen masks ...