airplanes
How Is Air Travel Getting More Awful Today?
Hamilton Nolan · 03/05/14 04:18PMWatch a Guy on an Airplane Fall Asleep With His Finger on the Keyboard
Taylor Berman · 01/13/14 09:30AMFalling asleep on a plane is easy enough. Falling asleep while in the middle of typing something on your laptop takes considerably more skill, which is why we could all learn something from this expert sleep typing guy.
We Must Make Parachutes Mandatory for All Air Travelers
Hamilton Nolan · 11/05/13 02:26PMIf you're anything like me, your favorite movie of 2013 so far is "Amazing Helmet-Cam Video of Skydivers on One Plane When Another Plane Hits Them," followed by Olympus Has Fallen. How many planes must crash into one another triumphantly before we accept that air travelers should all be wearing parachutes?
Ryan Reynolds Soars Like Vomit-Covered Eagle 38,000 Feet Above Earth
Caity Weaver · 10/21/13 06:01PMUPS Plane Crashes, Explodes Near Birmingham
Maggie Lange · 08/14/13 08:22AMA large UPS cargo plane crashed early this morning in a field close to Birmingham, killing its pilot and co-pilot. The Airbus A300 was en route to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport from Louisville, Kentucky, when it crashed around 6 a.m, just half a mile from the runway. The impact reportedly caused two explosions, with debris scattered in a wide range around the site. Local police report that no homes were affected by the crash.
Plane's Nose Gear Collapses While Landing at Laguardia
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 07/22/13 05:29PMFlight Attendants Survive After Being Thrown from Plane During Crash
Maggie Lange · 07/10/13 08:16AMAsiana Crash Investigations Focus on Pilot Inaction
Maggie Lange · 07/09/13 07:39AMUS-Bound Flight From Egypt Redirected After Bomb Threat
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/15/13 12:45PMPlane Crashes Into Hangar at Chino Airport
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 06/13/13 09:23PMPassengers Use Shoelaces to Subdue Man Trying to Open Airplane Door
Taylor Berman · 05/27/13 03:42PMWatch a Guy Get Sucked Out of a Plane When His Parachute Deploys Early
Max Read · 05/08/13 02:24PMHow You Can Use an Android Phone to Hijack a Plane from the Ground
Max Read · 04/11/13 08:21AMIf you've ever wanted to hijack a plane—but been prevented by your crippling fear of flying—you can now do it from the ground! All you need is an Android phone, a radio transmitter, flight management software, and some basic hacking skills, and you can control an entire passenger jet from the comfort of your living room. Not that you, uh, should! But you could.
French Man Attempts Catch Me If You Can Stunt, Gets Arrested Impersonating Pilot on US Airways Flight
Taylor Berman · 03/21/13 07:47PMA Frenchman with the very French name of Philippe Jernnard LaRocelle was arrested Wednesday night after he attempted to impersonate a pilot. According to police, the 61-year-old boarded a Florida-bound US Airways flight dressed in an Air France pilot's uniform and successfully made his way into the plane's cockpit before being detained.
"You Should Fart on Airplanes" –Science
Molly Fitzpatrick · 02/16/13 06:03PMWhat's the Deal With Airplanes? A Guide From a Man Who Was On Two of Them Recently
Emma Carmichael · 01/28/13 04:55PMIf there is one national mystery we have not yet gotten to the bottom of yet, it is planes: What's up with them? They're so large, and yet they fly. It's a shady business. But Business Insider's Henry Blodget, the internet's greatest troll-savant and self-taught expert in anti-Semitism, has been on a few of them (specifically, two) lately, and he knows some things about planes.