Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A loud bang, a jolt, and cold air whooshing suddenly through the cabin: these were the immediate signs that something was very ...

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 ...

Move over, Gulf War Gameboy - there's a new piece of indestructible technology on the block. On Friday, Alaska Airlines Flight 182 suffered a potentially catastrophic explosive decompression event as ...

A left door plug that expelled from an Alaska Airlines flight had disengaged from the fuselage, "allowing it to blow out," the National Transportation Safety Board said late Monday, offering further ...

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Decompression sickness, in which bubbles formed from dissolved gas (usually nitrogen) cause tissue and vascular injury after a reduction in environmental pressure, may occur in diving, aviation, and ...