If you've flown on a plane, you may have been reminded to open the window shades during takeoff or landing. This seemingly unimportant routine plays a part in ensuring your safety during an emergency.

A cracked cockpit window forced a Delta Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Memphis on Wednesday morning. Flight 557 was flying from Detroit to Mexico City. None of its 104 passengers and ...

A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into an altercation with a flight attendant. Delta ...

TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES, BUT WE’RE TOLD THEY’RE OKAY. TWO PEOPLE ARE HURT AFTER A PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD IN JOHNSON COUNTY, MISSOURI. THIS HAPPENED NORTH OF CENTERVIEW, NEAR ...