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 ...

Raleigh | The October chemical fire that forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and gutted a hazardous waste storage plant in suburban Apex may have been minor if unspent oxygen generators ...

Several factors are powering the growth of the industrial oxygen generator market. One factor is from developing economies, particularly in Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe, where demand for ...

Some oxygen generators that provide breathable air to passengers and cabin attendants if an aircraft loses pressurization wouldn't work on Boeing airplanes because of airline maintenance mistakes, the ...

Airlines should be permanently barred from carrying as cargo outdated chemical oxygen generators like those suspected in the ValuJet crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. The ...

The "O2PAK" is a small, non-pressurized emergency chemical oxygen generator from Combat Critical Care Corp. Designed for military, ESAR/CSAR and humanitarian operations, the O2PAK weighs approximately ...

Few details have emerged as to the catalyst behind the US FAA's order to deactivate chemical oxygen generators in aircraft lavatories. The chemical nature of the generators and the privacy afforded by ...