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An Air Force Osprey crash off Japan in 2023 that killed eight airmen was caused by a “catastrophic failure” of the aircraft’s gearbox and the pilot’s “insufficient sense of urgency” to ...
Most commercial aircraft that operate at high flight altitudes are pressurized at a maximum cabin altitude of approximately 8,000 feet. On most pressurized aircraft, if cabin pressurization is lost when the aircraft is flying at an altitude above 4,267 m (14,000 feet), compartments containing the oxygen masks will open automatically, either above or in front of the passenger and crew seats ...
A loss of oxygen is a leading theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew off course and over the nation’s capital Sunday before it crashed in rural Virginia. The Cessna Citation took off ...
Scripps News spoke with aviation expert Kit Darby who explained why certain technologies may have been disabled before the deadly crash near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.
The aircraft failed to pressurise and passengers were exposed to lower oxygen levels Flight forced to abort in mid-air after pilots’ blunder put 193 passengers and crew at risk Skip to main content
Why you need oxygen if an aircraft cabin loses pressure. Flying at high altitudes with a hole in an airplane is, to put it lightly, dangerous. At altitudes above 15,000 feet, people struggle to ...
A lidar survey, a remote sensing technology that uses lasers, conducted by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft on Feb. 8, found multiple areas underwaters which could still ...
A passenger aboard a Southwest flight shared footage from inside the aircraft's cabin depicting the moments after one of the engines malfunctioned. Chilling video shows oxygen masks drop from ...