Emergency evacuation slides are one of the key components of an aircraft's emergency equipment, and they can be life-saving if passengers and crew members need to disembark the aircraft urgently.

ST. LOUIS -- An evacuation slide inflated inside a United Airlines plane as it flew from Chicago to Southern California, filling part of the cabin and prompting the pilot to make an emergency landing ...

“There were no reported injuries nor any operational impact beyond a delay on the return as the slide was replaced," a rep for the airline tells PEOPLE Riley Najar Delta Airlines said one of its ...

Before an airline can take to the skies, it needs to pass a tough evacuation test. The crew must evacuate an entire aircraft in under 90 seconds, using only half the emergency exits, to meet the FAA's ...

A flight in Spain was evacuated after a panicky male passenger deployed the emergency slide while the plane was idling on the runway in stifling heat. Jam Press This is not what crewmembers mean when ...

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Atlanta on Monday morning shortly after takeoff when the crew reported "possible smoke" in the aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, just two ...

A routine Saturday evening departure turned into an expensive nightmare for Delta Air Lines after a flight attendant accidentally deployed an emergency evacuation slide before takeoff. The incident at ...

A veteran Delta Air Lines flight attendant accidentally activated an emergency evacuation slide on a parked Airbus A220 at Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday evening. The incident resulted ...

This is not what crewmembers mean when they say pull the slide in case of an emergency. A flight in Spain was evacuated after a panicky male passenger deployed the emergency slide while the plane was ...