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 ...

A plane's oxygen masks are essential to passengers' safety during an emergency descent. However, one detail about these masks may make you uneasy.

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 ...

If you've ever traveled on an airplane, you know that masks can drop down to supply oxygen in the case of an emergency. Airline oxygen masks have about a 15-minute supply and typically fall when an ...

Oxygen masks deployed on a United flight from San Francisco to Maui last week. A passenger said people on the plane were terrified, and he was planning what to do if it went down. Another recent ...