Before an airline can take to the skies, it needs to pass a tough evacuation test. The crew must evacuate an entire aircraft in under 90 seconds, using only half the emergency exits, to meet the FAA's ...

The inflatable air slide on a Delta flight from JFK to LAX was deployed inside the plane on Saturday. The plane had made an unexpected landing in Utah to fix a technical problem, the New York Post ...

Faulty aircraft escape slides frequently put the lives of passengers at risk, according to the findings of a UK study into the main causes of maintenance-related incidents on aircraft. "Although these ...

An evacuation slide deployed while a United Airlines Boeing 757-300 destined for Chicago was boarding for an 8:40 a.m. departure this morning. All passengers on the sold-out flight had to deplane and ...

An improperly closed door is the suspected cause of an escape slide falling from an airplane and landing in the yard of an Adams Street home on Dec. 1, a preliminary report on the incident from the ...

When a disgruntled JetBlue flight attendant made a dramatic exit from his job via the aircraft’s escape slide in August 2010, it momentarily focused the public’s attention on this invisible but vital ...

Airbus is seeking a substantial increase this year in the operational duration of cartridges used to activate escape slides on the A380, after admitting that it currently has to replace the components ...