As investigators examine what caused a panel on an Alaska Airlines plane bound for Southern California to blow off midflight, forcing an emergency landing in Portland, Ore., federal officials Sunday ...

A Monday flight from Melbourne to Bali, Indonesia turned back after two hours. One passenger was roaming through the aisles and screaming at other customers, a video shows. Witnesses told a local ...

The flight crew on the Alaska Airlines plane that was forced to make an emergency landing was surprised when the cockpit door suddenly swung open, the head of the federal agency investigating the ...

From the most iconic airplanes in aviation history to those among the forgotten passenger jets that once graced the skies, ...

A flight to vacation hotspot Bali was forced to turn back Monday after a “passenger from hell” banged on the cockpit door, spewed profanities and slapped another flyer’s glasses off his face, ...

Most travelers probably didn't give much thought to the security of airliner cockpits before the 9/11 attacks, and since then it might seem odd to some that cockpit doors are often left wide open ...

Flight attendant Venezia Macias agreed and said it is ultimately up to the captain how long the door stays open Passengers loading a commercial aircraft can oftentimes catch a glimpse inside the ...

An American Airlines flight operated by SkyWest Airlines made an emergency landing at Omaha's Eppley Airfield just 18 minutes after it had taken off from the same airfield, due to banging on the ...

While boarding a plane, you may have noticed the cockpit door is often kept open—and there's actually a pretty straightforward reason. If you’ve ever looked toward the front of the plane while ...

The scene aboard the hijacked airliner played out like a radio drama as passengers tried to storm the cockpit. Amid sounds of shouting, screaming and breaking dishes, one hijacker called to a partner ...

United Airlines will reinforce cockpit doors on 93 of its passenger jets, a move prompted by a passenger's attempt to force his way into a cockpit during a flight to South America earlier this month.

Acting in record time, airlines have reinforced cockpit doors on nearly all 4,000 of the nation's passenger planes to keep would-be hijackers from the controls. "The (federal) directive was to secure ...