Airplane windows might seem ordinary, but they are as much of an engineering marvel as the rest of a modern aircraft. These windows are made of three layers of material to facilitate the plane's ...

Since the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was revealed back in 2007, it has represented a few firsts in the aviation industry. It was the plane that Virgin Atlantic used for the first flight fully powered on ...

Passenger aircraft are rather uniform, for the most part, with the familiar white color scheme of commercial planes and so on. Lots of travelers scarcely give their exteriors a second thought. There ...

A Japanese domestic flight was forced to turn back after a crack was found in the cockpit window. A spokesperson for the airline said that crack was on the outermost of four window layers. Boeing's ...

No one boards a plane expecting the worst to happen, which is probably why few pay attention to the emergency instructions that precede each flight. Familiarity breeds comfort and, in this case, a ...