A viral social media post captured an unruly passenger opening a plane's emergency door after hours on the tarmac on a Chicago-bound flight leaving Atlanta.

A problem with the plane's intercom and knocking on the cockpit door made the pilots think someone was trying to break in.AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images American Airlines passengers endured a flight to nowhere after the pilots mistakenly thought somebody ...

CANCELED OR DELAYED THERE AT THE AIRPORT TODAY. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT, WE’VE HAD SOME STRANDED PASSENGERS. I’VE EVEN SPOKE TO TWO PASSENGERS WHO HAD TWO FLIGHTS CANCELED IN ONE DAY. BUT I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE BOARD HERE. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU ...

Over 1,000 flights are now experiencing delays as flight cancellations grow during the government shutdown. As of 10:45 a.m. ET on Thursday, 1,615 flights within, into or out of the U.S. had been delayed, while 49 had been canceled, according to ...

The crew of a stricken South Korean flight faced a cascade of unforgiving decisions in the last moments. The kind other pilots might look at and ask: What would I have done?

A traveler walks past the flight information display system at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. Reporter The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has led to flight disruptions across the country, throwing many passengers ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation is ordering airlines to begin reducing flight schedules at 40 “high traffic” airports by 10%, as the government shutdown approaches a record-40th day. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad ...