Talk about fight or flight. Passengers on a recent United Airlines flight were sent into a panic when an automated emergency announcement came on to tell them to put on their oxygen masks — even ...

A passenger on the flight told aviation news outlet Simple Flying that some people panicked. Cabin pressure was normal the whole time, a United spokesperson told Business Insider. Dozens of United ...

Chaos ensued on a recent United Airlines flight following an automated emergency announcement that instructed passengers to put on their oxygen masks, which inadvertently deployed in spite of no ...

Yes, we know that flying is typically considered the safest way to travel. This doesn't change the fact that we're hurtling along tens of thousands of feet in the air, in a vehicle that still seems ...

Oxygen masks deployed on a United flight from San Francisco to Maui last week. A passenger said people on the plane were terrified, and he was planning what to do if it went down. Another recent ...

The ordeal left passengers breathless. A pilot on an Air France flight had to enact an emergency landing after a dangerous loss in pressure prompted the flight crew to deploy oxygen masks. The Airbus ...

You should know the safety spiel well by now – “In the event of emergency, put your oxygen mask on first.” But have you ever wondered why the cabin crew is so careful to hammer this information into ...