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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You should know the safety spiel well by now – “In the event of emergency, put your oxygen mask on first.” But have you ever wondered why the cabin crew is so careful to hammer this information into ...

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 ...

A new study suggests that face masks have a negligible negative effect on the levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen that a person breathes. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data ...