“The emergency exit door literally could mean the difference between ... with a new mechanical component—called the Cooper vane—that would lock the airstair while a plane was in the air. This brought ...

Records from Vans Aircraft showed a retrofit kit was sent to the pilot on Jan. 25, 2010, but investigators noted in the report that the secondary door latch was not installed on Reid’s plane.

Crashes and Disasters | Pilot’s door appeared ajar on plane in… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) ...

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said the heroic actions of the crew aboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282 ensured everyone survived the terrifying incident last year when the ...

A United Airlines pilot broke the lock to a bathroom door and forcibly removed a New Jersey man for spending too much time in the lavatory during a flight earlier this year, a federal lawsuit alleges.

THIS is the terrifying moment a crazed passenger was tackled by other flyers after he tried to open a plane door mid-flight. The shocking footage shows a man being restrained after he attempted to … ...

Alaska Airlines pilot thought passengers were sucked out of plane when door blew on Boeing 737 ‘I didn’t know that there was a hole in the airplane until we landed,’ pilot said Josh Marcus ...

The only piece of the plane not found inside the warehouse was the left, main-cabin door, which was on the building’s roof about 150 feet away from the impact point, investigators said.