Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baggage cart passes by a Southwest 737 Max 8 airliner after arriving from Los Angeles at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport ...

One of the easiest ways to prevent an airliner from being hijacked or worse is to stop unwanted visitors from gaining access to the cockpit. While the cockpit door is locked during flights, pilots do ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southwest Airlines passengers will soon begin seeing a new security device on the carrier's newest Boeing 737s. The airline ...

Nearly 23 years after 9/11, the feds are finally expected to make all commercial planes have secondary cockpit barriers to prevent planes from being hijacked. Congress on Wednesday passed a bill that ...

(Reuters) -Major U.S. airlines want the Federal Aviation Administration to delay by two years the requirement set to take effect in Augustthat new passenger airplanes have a secondary barrier to the ...

Southwest Airlines' first secondary cockpit barrier, a folding door on a Boeing 737. Photo Credit: Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines has begun flying its first aircraft with a secondary cockpit ...

PHOENIX (CNN) - Southwest Airlines says its new planes are now equipped with a barrier to protect the cockpit when pilots need to open their door during a flight. The air carrier’s first Boeing 737 ...

Almost 25 years after 9/11, there are still major security risks on airplanes without secondary cockpit barriers. That’s the urgent message from a former FAA special agent, the widow of a pilot who ...

Southwest Airlines passengers will soon begin seeing a new security device on the carrier's newest Boeing 737s. The airline announced Friday that its first plane with secondary cockpit barriers had ...