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 ...

Following numerous reports of oxygen generators in passenger service units moving out of position, which could make it impossible to give additional oxygen to passengers during a depressurization ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that it is requiring airlines to inspect over 2,600 Boeing 737 planes due to issues with the aircraft's oxygen masks. The agency received ...