airplane

Airline in Italy came up with a clever coronavirus strategy to make flying safer

September 23rd, 2020

Yoni Heisler

Alitalia in Italy recently started offering passengers a coronavirus-free flight option on routes from Rome to Milan. The flights will require a negative COVID-19 test within three days of the flight taking off. While flights themselves haven’t been found to spread the coronavirus far and wide, it’s a nice option for folks otherwise scared of …

Lifestyle

The explosive fury of an airplane toilet flushing might be a lot quieter soon

April 7th, 2019

Andy Meek

The frequent fliers amongst you will no doubt be aware that newer airplanes come with increasingly quieter cabins, which can make long flights a little more bearable, but can also be something of a double-edged sword. If you read the title, you already know where we’re going with this. The reduced noise level only amplifies …

Lifestyle

Watch an airplane fill with smoke after a phone charger explodes

February 2nd, 2018

Jacob Siegal

Electronics and their accessories exploding unexpectedly has become so commonplace that no one even seems to be surprised any more when it happens. For example, earlier this week a video surfaced of a portable phone charger ablaze on the floor of an airplane as it was landing. Rather than panic, the passengers simply gathered around …

Tech

Terrorists want to disguise bombs as iPads, and that’s why they’re banned on some flights

March 27th, 2017

Chris Smith

When the US announced the ban of large electronics including tablets and laptops from certain flights, some people believed the measure was simply a result of Trump’s unhappiness with the response to his travel bans. However, the UK was quick to follow with a similar ban on tablets and laptops, and a new report explains what caused …

Lifestyle

The panic inside an airplane on fire is straight-up terrifying

October 31st, 2016

Chris Smith

There’s little anyone can do to train for dealing with an airplane fire. You do as you’re told and hope to live to tell the tale, especially if the plane is still on the ground. But if there’s one thing we’re all “trained” to do that’s to record videos with our smartphones. And a person …

Tech

Revolutionary new laser system could detect bombs at airports in microseconds

May 24th, 2016

Zach Epstein

There’s no evidence that the TSA has ever actually prevented a terrorist attack. In fact the head of the TSA was just forced to step down on Tuesday after an investigation conducted by Homeland Security revealed that 95% of weapons and explosives went undetected as they passed through airport security check points. Ineffective though it …

Lifestyle

Watch the world’s biggest plane land in Australia

May 16th, 2016

FoxNews.com

Tens of thousands of Australians turned out to gawk as the world’s largest plane descended into Perth’s airport on Sunday. The hulking Antonov An-225 cargo plane, which boasts six engines and wings that measure almost 300 feet long, was delivering a 100-plus-ton generator for a refinery. It landed smoothly with puffs of smoke from its …

Science

Do you know about all the stuff you can still get for free on airplanes?

May 13th, 2016

Brad Reed

It seems like airlines like to nickel-and-dime you for everything these days, which is why you shouldn’t feel guilty about milking your flight for all it’s worth. Business Insider has done a terrific job of putting together a list of free things that you can get on many airlines and some of these freebies are things …

Lifestyle

This threatening WiFi hotspot name was scary enough to ground a plane

May 3rd, 2016

Jacob Siegal

Getting online at an airport is often a far bigger hassle than it has any right to be. There are typically dozens of hotspots that are being transmitted by the devices of other passengers, hotspots that can only the airport staff know the password to and hotspots that require you to spend a few dollars …

Entertainment

How do planes fly? This animation explains everything you need to know

April 21st, 2016

Chris Smith

Lots of us have ridden on planes before, but how many of us could really explain how airplanes lift themselves off the ground and stay in the air? Well don’t worry, because a neat animation explains everything you need to know about what makes a plane take off and maintain altitude for hours at a …