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 ...

Every time you fly, you sit through the same safety demonstration, where flight attendants explain how to put an oxygen mask over your face and use your seat cushion as a flotation device. They also ...

Before an airline can take to the skies, it needs to pass a tough evacuation test. The crew must evacuate an entire aircraft in under 90 seconds, using only half the emergency exits, to meet the FAA's ...

NEW YORK ‒ If you try to use the emergency exit at a New York City subway station, you may find it won’t let you out ‒ at least not right away. As a part of a sprawling effort to prevent riders from ...