Modern aircraft are designed to fly at high altitudes of between 28,000 and 35,000 feet. This is because aircraft consume less fuel and fly in relatively smooth air, avoiding bad weather and ...

On modern airliners, it is usually an automatic process and the airplane begins to pressurize as soon as it takes off. On most modern jets, the pressurization system gets the airplane’s intended ...

Minutes after the oxygen masks dropped down from above the seats, Harrison Hove detected an unnerving burning smell. Shortly before that, on his American Airlines flight earlier this month from ...

Hypoxia, caused by a lack of cabin pressure, is an often-unrecognized but significant safety risk in air travel, linked to multiple tragic accidents. The AltAlert(TM) is introduced as the world's ...

The combination of alcohol plus cabin pressure at cruising altitude may threaten sleeping plane passengers' heart health, particularly on long-haul flights, suggests the first study of its kind, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flying can be stressful, especially when things go wrong mid-flight, like on a recent Delta flight where pressurization issues ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A United Airlines passenger claimed that their flight experienced a loss of cabin pressure during a cross-country flight, causing ...

PHOENIX - Honeywell has introduced the next generation of its Cabin Pressure Control and Monitoring System with applications in both commercial and military aircraft. This new version of the system is ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after pressurization issues on a Delta Air Lines flight forced the plane to turn around and caused injuries. Delta Flight 1203 departed Salt Lake ...

The combination of alcohol plus cabin pressure at cruising altitude may threaten sleeping plane passengers' heart health, particularly on long haul flights, suggests the first study of its kind, ...

Honeywell has launched a new, all-electric and significantly lighter Cabin Pressure Control and Monitoring System (CPCMS) for business, regional, and military trainer aircraft. This fourth-generation ...