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 ...

Cockpit glazing not only has to withstand extreme pressure and temperature variations and other environmental factors, it ...

A daring Southwest Airlines pilot was pictured climbing through the cockpit window to unlock the plane door after it was accidentally slammed shut by a previous passenger. The unidentified pilot ...

surprise hailstorm tore away part of the airplane’s nose and left the cockpit windows covered in cracks. Austrian Airlines flight OS434 was headed from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to Vienna ...

Window seats on aircraft tend to be especially appealing for passengers on long-haul flights.However, earlier this year, ...

and how can a shattered window turn into an emergency on an aircraft? Airplane windows are extremely durable, built with multiple layers of redundancies for additional safety. This is because the ...

As of now, the hail has damaged the two front cockpit windows, the aircraft nose (radome), and some coverings,” the airlines stated. Photos posted on Instagram by user @exithamster show almost ...

A Frontier Airlines passenger was restrained on a flight from Denver to Houston after he allegedly began screaming and punching the aircraft window Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Love bagging the window seat on planes? It's exciting to watch the world below fade away as the aircraft takes off with the window blinds open. However, those blinds, or shades, do more than allow ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (WKRC/KOVR/CBS Newspath) - A pilot on a recent Southwest flight was photographed climbing through the airplane window after being locked out of the cockpit. Max Rexroad was a ...