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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is requiring inspections of 2,600 Boeing 737 airplanes because passenger oxygen masks could fail during an emergency. The FAA said it was ...