View of an emergency exit in a plane. Good news—it would be physically impossible to open the door mid-flight, but there are serious consequences for people who try. The most important thing in the ...

If you've flown on a plane, you may have been reminded to open the window shades during takeoff or landing. This seemingly unimportant routine plays a part in ensuring your safety during an emergency.

The NTSB said in its preliminary report that the pilot had made a “series of modifications” to the plane doors, which affected its “indicator system” Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

It’s not something that happens often on a flight, so for it to happen twice, on two separate occasions, left me in complete shock. I was recently on an SA Airlink flight from Johannesburg to Cape ...

Love bagging the window seat on planes? It's exciting to watch the world below fade away as the aircraft takes off with the window blinds open. However, those blinds, or shades, do more than allow you ...

We asked pilots what would happen if someone tried to open an airplane’s door mid-flight—here’s what they said. Good news—it would be physically impossible to open the door mid-flight, but there are ...

A preliminary report from the NTSB found that a small plane which crashed into a warehouse near Fullerton, Calif., on Jan. 2, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others, appeared to have ...