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 ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Oxygen generators like those blamed for the 1996 ValuJet crash likely fueled a chemical fire that forced the evacuation of thousands last year, a federal agency said yesterday. The ...

Citing security concerns, the federal government in secrecy last month ordered every airline in the United States to remove emergency oxygen in every lavatory on all 6,000 domestic commercial aircraft ...

The FAA is giving operators of 5,500 U.S.-registered aircraft until early September 2015 to put emergency oxygen generators back into aircraft lavatories by installing new, more tamper-resistant ...

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 ...