To create transparent glass like an airplane window, Zeiss relies on a combination of micro-optical structures and ...

Airplane windows are designed to be rounded to better withstand the stresses of flight. This design, based on lessons from ...

Credit: iStock I spend most of my time in an aircraft on the flight deck, which is the ultimate window seat. From 35,000 feet, it’s a front row to beautiful sunrises and sunsets, fantastic cloud ...

Flying commercially means following a lot of safety procedures, but why do flight attendants have you open a plane's window shades for takeoff and landing?

Airplane windows have a distinctive rounded-oval shape, unlike those found elsewhere. Why this design? It boils down to safety, physics, and engineering.

Standing up so window-seat passengers can squeeze by to ... sparking a raging debate over proper airplane etiquette. In a viral TikTok video with 1.6 million views, user @livinlavidaniki wrote ...

The Bering Air flight that recently crashed in sea ice off Alaska, killing 10, was more than 1,000 pounds "over the maximum takeoff gross weight for flight into known or forecast icing conditions ...

A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska, killing all 10 people on board, was half a ton overweight for a trip into icy conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a ...

The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say took his life after being questioned for days by company lawyers for whistleblowing has sued the company CHARLESTON, S.C ...

LAFAYETTE, Ga. (WDEF) — A small plane crash in Lafayette has killed two people this afternoon. A small, single engine, Cessna type plane made impact at the far end of the runway. When first ...

March 19 (UPI) --A small passenger plane that crashed last month in Alaska, killing all 10 onboard, was nearly 1,000 pounds too heavy for the weather conditions, according to a preliminary report ...