Its padding and shape force its wearer's head forward towards the oxygen mask to ensure maximum intake of air. It helps to identify the pilot, whose call sign is stenciled across it. With its ...

But how? Well, it's because there may be a time when a pilot needs to use an oxygen mask but facial hair can affect how well ...

A pilot on an Air France flight had to enact an emergency landing after a dangerous loss in pressure prompted the flight crew ...

That research, conducted at Simon Fraser University, similarly found that beard length had no impact on the effectiveness of pilot oxygen masks. Many major U.S. airlines still prohibit pilots from ...

In many high-flying light airplanes and military aircraft, oxygen systems and face masks are still used to keep the pilot alive and conscious. In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps began research ...

A vaping pilot on board an Air China Boeing 737 is ... the flight crew dropped the plane's emergency oxygen masks and initiated a descent to a lower altitude with breathable air.