From the door and emergency exits of a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-300, evacuation slides are deployed. The fully inflated slide is 31 feet long. Yusu Ren THE POST-CRASH FIRE THAT CONSUMED ...

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight were evacuated via slides after landing at Hobby Airport on Thursday.

The flight was scheduled to depart at 11 a.m. from Hobby to Los Cabos International Airport in San José del Cabo, Mexico.

As a result, the emergency evacuation slide was deployed, forcing the plane to be towed back to the parking area for inspection. No injuries were reported. The woman who opened the emergency exit was ...

A "claustrophobic" woman left fellow passengers terrified after opening an emergency exit during take off. The panicked passenger ended up wreaking havoc, with all 202 passengers and seven crew ...

A Southwest Airlines flight had to be evacuated on Thursday after an engine fire forced it to return to a Houston airport. The flight was leaving Hobby Airport on its way to Cabo San Lucas ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed another directive to tackle uncommanded slide deployments on Boeing ...

LaPorte County secured a pledge of up to $8.5 million in new electric infrastructure to advance economic development in exchange for dropping its opposition to NIPSCO's proposed electric rate hike ...

For instance, when we ‘arm’ the aircraft doors, the emergency evacuation slides are connected to the floor of the plane. If the door is opened while in this armed position, the slides automatically ...

A woman is suing a flight school over the crash that killed her mother and left her with lifelong injuries. The suit claims the crash was preventable and the plane had previous incidents.