Previously, flight crew often used a beverage cart to create a physical barrier for passengers when pilots needed to exit the cockpit mid-flight Kevin Carter/Getty; Southwest Airlines Southwest ...

One of the easiest ways to prevent an airliner from being hijacked or worse is to stop unwanted visitors from gaining access to the cockpit. While the cockpit door is locked during flights, pilots do ...

Southwest Airlines’ newest jets are now flying with a barrier that can protect the cockpit when pilots need to open the door during flight, according to the airline. The company’s first Boeing 737 ...

The pilot was removed from the cockpit of a plane after it landed in San Francisco on Saturday night. A woman was also charged in a related felony complaint. By Adeel Hassan A Delta Air Lines pilot ...

Nicole Pruitt, an Army veteran and grandmother, stopped a passenger from apparently trying to repeatedly enter the cockpit on a Delta Airlines plane last week. "I felt like my life was in danger," ...

WASHINGTON/SEATTLE, July 21 (Reuters) - A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel ...

The deadly Air India crash last month has renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over installing video cameras monitoring airline pilot actions to complement the cockpit voice and ...

Two “unruly” passengers caused a seven-hour flight delay after bum-rushing the cockpit. The disruptive incident occurred Monday on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai, Jam Press reported. The aircraft had ...

Investigators have made a chilling discovery in the preliminary investigation into the Air India Flight 171 crash which killed 260 people in June. Just seconds after take-off, both of the 12-year-old ...

A preliminary report reveals there was confusion in the cockpit moments before an Air India jetliner crashed last month, killing 260 people. According to the report, the plane's engine fuel cutoff ...

Cockpit switches critical for the fuel supply for engines on the Air India plane that crashed soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad in India in June were switched off, according to a preliminary report.