When even a small hole suddenly opens in a jetliner flying miles above the Earth, it unleashes hurricane-like forces. Everything that’s not strapped down flies toward the opening. The wind can easily ...

A five-square-foot hole opened in the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet as it was cruising at 36,000 feet on Friday afternoon. Passengers reported hearing an explosive noise and feeling "air being ...

The prime minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, bruised her arm on Wednesday after the door of her six-seat airplane popped open in midflight. Two constables gained control of the door and were able ...

Last week’s engine failure involving a Qantas A380 wasn’t the only overhyped airplane story of late. A few days earlier we were hearing about the American Airlines flight that made an emergency ...

The 346 passengers were cruising at 29,000 feet Friday when an explosive bang shook the Qantas jumbo jet. The plane descended rapidly. Oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling as debris flew through the ...

Your browser does not support iframes, but you can visit Listen in as pilot and aviation expert Pat Veillette explains to Aviation Week Network's Lee Ann Shay what ...

During a terrifying Southwest flight that suffered a midair engine explosion Tuesday, a passenger was “partially sucked out” of the airplane’s window after a piece of shrapnel reportedly broke through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the ...

This past weekend’s Southwest Airlines incident has everybody talking and wondering about inflight decompressions. What is a decompression, exactly? How deadly are ...