Commercial aviation is magical. You are cruising along in a pressurized metal tube at 35,000 feet, and while the outside temperature – at a crisp -66 degrees Fahrenheit – is cold enough to freeze you ...

An emergency descent, a sudden loss of cabin pressure and a cockpit crew in distress ended not in disaster but in a fully ...

Commercial airliners spend most of their working lives in parts of the atmosphere that the human body cannot tolerate for ...

Boeing workers in the Everett plant are still talking about the mishap Friday when a 747-400 freighter in final assembly was seriously damaged during a routine pressurization test on the factory floor ...

Loss of pressure triggers confusion before sleepiness and even death. March 18, 2014— -- With all the mystery swirling around Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, many people wonder why the passengers ...