That annoying little dot in your airplane window pic isn't damage, it's actually a crucial safety feature.

Known as breather or bleed holes, these tiny holes help with cabin pressurization and keep the windows clear. Wilbur and Orville Wright—the brothers credited with piloting the first successful flight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Delta Air Lines flyer claims to have witnessed a window on his flight become damaged during the plane’s landing. In a Reddit ...

Raising window blinds during takeoff and landing on an airplane may seem like just a routine, somewhat cumbersome procedure. Meanwhile, as it turns out, there is an important safety reason behind this ...

View of planes through an open airplane window. There are two reasons I like to pull my shade down as soon as I settle into my window seat after boarding a plane. For starters, the cabin is usually ...

Jeffrey Morgenthaler was flying home from Grand Cayman last month when he noticed something distressing: The view was “gorgeous,” but he was the only one enjoying it. “Every single other window is ...

When it comes to airplane windows, it’s not hip to be square. The shape of airplane windows might seem arbitrary, but there’s actually a grim reason behind their design, according to air experts. They ...

A man was left concerned right before his flight took off as he noticed part of the airplane's wing missing. Kevin Droniak, who is from Connecticut but now living in New York City, recently took a ...