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 ...

A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing clouds of smoke.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Passengers narrowly escape disaster as plane’s tires burst during takeoff, shattering window Plane passengers had a lucky escape ...

A couple and their 2-year-old daughter were able to escape a plane crash by using a parachute, leaving them with only minor cuts and scratches while the plane appears to have snapped upon landing.