Oxygen masks were wrongly deployed on an Air New Zealand flight, the New Zealand Herald reported. The plane had been descending 7,000 feet to avoid turbulence, the airline's safety chief said. One ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Following on the tragic crash of a Cypriot airliner, an air safety expert explains what happens inside an airplane that decompresses and what passengers need to do when an airplane's oxygen masks fall ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2021 — When oxygen masks drop from the airplane ceiling, they’re not connected to a big tank of gas. Instead, a chemical reaction supplies ...

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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 ...

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 ...

In San Mateo County, Calif., fire crews now carry oxygen masks for pets. It's part of a new program to outfit the county's fire departments with oxygen masks designed for dogs and cats. The idea came ...