Airline personnel reveal the industry’s biggest secrets
Whether you’re a seasoned flyer or you hate air travel, the chances are good that you still have a lot to learn when it comes to traveling by airplane. Luckily, airline staff, pilots included, may have...
View ArticleCrazy deal flies you to Europe from San Francisco for $99
Iceland’s WOW Air made news in early November with incredible deals on flights to Europe. Priced as low as $99, trips from Washington or Boston to certain European destinations including Paris, London...
View ArticleWhy are plane windows round instead of square?
If you’ve ever traveled by plane, you’re likely aware that every airplane window you’ve ever seen has a round design, whether it be a circle or an oval. As it turns out, there’s an actually interesting...
View ArticleWhat severe turbulence looks like inside an airplane
An hour into their trip from Tokyo to Auckland on an Air New Zealand airplane, passengers aboard this flight experienced severe turbulence, the kind that makes you worry about your life. Turbulence hit...
View ArticleWhere to sit on an airplane to avoid being killed on impact
So you’re anxious about flying to your next destination, but you have no choice. Curing your fear of flying is a difficult thing to do, if it’s even possible, but there are ways to calm yourself down....
View ArticleMan captures video after explosion rips a hole in passenger plane mid-flight
It’s nothing short of astonishing that 64-year-old Vladimir Vodopivec managed to land safely after a mid-air explosion ripped a hole in the fuselage of the Airbus A321 he was piloting on Tuesday. But...
View ArticleA suicide bomber was behind a scary mid-flight explosion earlier this week
A Daallo Airlines pilot managed to safely land a plane after an explosion ripped through the jet’s fuselage a few days ago. All but one passenger survived the event, and the ensuing investigation...
View ArticleScary videos show how hard it was to land a plane during Storm Imogen this week
It’s been windy in Europe over the past few days, with Storm Imogen making quite an impression in the U.K. In fact, wind gusts of up to 53mph were recorded at London City Airport on Monday, and some of...
View ArticleCongress refuses to make air travel more comfortable
Congress is nowhere near ready to regulate seating on passenger jets, and a recent vote in House committee proves it. In other words, airlines can keep shrinking airplane seats and make air travel as...
View ArticleiPhone time-lapse video shows you what pilots see during a landing
The following video doesn’t show us another airplane landing in terrifying weather conditions, but rather a regular old routine landing at London’s busy Heathrow Airport. What’s remarkable about the...
View ArticleWatch: Siberian wind pulls 41-ton Boeing 737 along the runway like it’s a toy
Planes and high winds aren’t the best of friends, especially when the aircraft is grounded. We’ve seen storms lift parked planes off the ground in the past, but that's nothing compared to what you're...
View ArticleHow do planes fly? This animation explains everything you need to know
Lots of us have ridden on planes before, but how many of us could really explain how airplanes lift themselves off the ground and stay in the air? Well don't worry, because a neat animation explains...
View ArticleThis threatening WiFi hotspot name was scary enough to ground a plane
Getting online at an airport is often a far bigger hassle than it has any right to be. There are typically dozens of hotspots that are being transmitted by the devices of other passengers, hotspots...
View ArticleDo you know about all the stuff you can still get for free on airplanes?
It seems like airlines like to nickel-and-dime you for everything these days, which is why you shouldn't feel guilty about milking your flight for all it's worth. Business Insider has done a terrific...
View ArticleWatch the world’s biggest plane land in Australia
Tens of thousands of Australians turned out to gawk as the world’s largest plane descended into Perth’s airport on Sunday. The hulking Antonov An-225 cargo plane, which boasts six engines and wings...
View ArticleRevolutionary new laser system could detect bombs at airports in microseconds
There's no evidence that the TSA has ever actually prevented a terrorist attack. In fact the head of the TSA was just forced to step down on Tuesday after an investigation conducted by Homeland...
View ArticleThe panic inside an airplane on fire is straight-up terrifying
There’s little anyone can do to train for dealing with an airplane fire. You do as you’re told and hope to live to tell the tale, especially if the plane is still on the ground. But if there’s one...
View ArticleTerrorists want to disguise bombs as iPads, and that’s why they’re banned on...
When the US announced the ban of large electronics including tablets and laptops from certain flights, some people believed the measure was simply a result of Trump’s unhappiness with the response to...
View ArticleWatch an airplane fill with smoke after a phone charger explodes
Electronics and their accessories exploding unexpectedly has become so commonplace that no one even seems to be surprised any more when it happens. For example, earlier this week a video surfaced of a...
View ArticleThe explosive fury of an airplane toilet flushing might be a lot quieter soon
The frequent fliers amongst you will no doubt be aware that newer airplanes come with increasingly quieter cabins, which can make long flights a little more bearable, but can also be something of a...
View Article