So, “To save space and weight, most aircraft emergency oxygen systems don’t have bottled oxygen for passenger masks. Instead, they have a cocktail of chemicals, usually sodium perchlorate and ...

Passengers can be seen on board the Alaska Airlines aircraft, which was carrying 177 people, using emergency oxygen masks but staying remarkably calm. The flight was forced to make an emergency ...

When one woman suffered arrhythmia on a flight home from her honeymoon, another stepped up to save her. Here's what happened.

But recent airplane emergencies serve as abrupt reminders that flight attendants are first responders who train rigorously to save lives. Alaska Airlines flight attendants put on oxygen masks ...

The plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia ... Shrapnel from the engine left a hole above the wing, and the oxygen masks dropped. The plane, which was en route from New Orleans to ...