The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued a safety advisory concerning the dangers of transporting and handling unspent aircraft chemical oxygen generators. The action follows a CSB investigative finding ...

Raleigh, NC -- Unspent oxygen generators similar to the ones blamed for the fatal 1996 ValuJet crash likely caused the rapid spread of a chemical fire that forced the evacuation of thousands of Apex ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to remove emergency oxygen generators from every bathroom in all 6,000 domestic commercial airliners, citing security concerns. FAA officials ...

Citing security concerns, the federal government in secrecy last month ordered every airline in the United States to remove emergency oxygen in every lavatory on all 6,000 domestic commercial aircraft ...

Federal safety experts announced Wednesday that unspent oxygen canisters used on aircraft contributed to the rapid spread of a major chemical fire at an Apex hazardous waste operation last fall. The U ...

US FAA revealed last week that it "recently required the nation's airlines to disable the oxygen generators located in all aircraft lavatories to eliminate a potential safety and security ...

US safety regulators have ordered deactivation of oxygen generators installed in the lavatories in a range of transport aircraft. The order cites a design issue which "presents a hazard that could ...

Question: How long will supplemental oxygen last after the masks drop in an emergency? — Submitted by reader John A., N.J. Answer: On typical airliners oxygen generators will last 10 to 14 minutes.

More than 2,600 Boeing Co. 737 jets registered in the US will need to have their oxygen generators inspected after multiple reports of some units shifting out of position, which could prevent them ...