While boarding a plane, you may have noticed the cockpit door is often kept open—and there's actually a pretty straightforward reason. If you’ve ever looked toward the front of the plane while ...

A Los Angeles-bound flight returned to its origin point after a miscommunication caused a commotion A Los Angeles-bound flight made an emergency landing after a pilot thought there was a break-in ...

Chilling cockpit audio and dashcam footage sheds new light on the moments former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson attempted to bring down a commercial flight with 84 people on board by shutting ...

Previously, flight crew often used a beverage cart to create a physical barrier for passengers when pilots needed to exit the cockpit mid-flight Kevin Carter/Getty; Southwest Airlines Southwest ...

A repeating bell sounded in the cockpit for 25 seconds as pilots tried to control a UPS cargo plane that caught fire, had an engine fall off and crashed during takeoff this week in Louisville, ...

A Los Angeles-bound flight made an emergency landing after a pilot thought there was a break-in attempt in the cockpit The miscommunication was due to an “inter-phone system” failure as a flight ...