Those on board were instructed by a pre-recorded message to wait for oxygen masks to fall from the ceiling and then put them on, Simple Flying reported. Few, if any, masks actually deployed.

A fact that's sure to surprise travelers is that these masks contain just 10-20 minutes or so of oxygen. This may not sound like nearly enough to be of practical use, but you can rest assured that ...

Passengers on a recent United Airlines flight were sent into a panic when an automated emergency announcement came on to tell them to put on their oxygen masks — even though there wasn’t any ...

The company has one set of oxygen masks that is two or three years old, but an Aug. 26 fire in Hegins Twp. that destroyed a home and killed several pets led to a renewed effort to ensure more pets ...

People were flying on the VA993 from Sydney to Brisbane shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when the plane lost cabin pressure ...

The masks will help pets that need oxygen in other scenarios as well, like a dog that falls through the ice. Ose said that Mahnomen is the only fire department that he knows of in the area with ...