Most travelers probably didn't give much thought to the security of airliner cockpits before the 9/11 attacks, and since then it might seem odd to some that cockpit doors are often left wide open ...

While boarding a plane, you may have noticed the cockpit door is often kept open—and there's actually a pretty straightforward reason. If you’ve ever looked toward the front of the plane while ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- United Airlines will immediately begin installing steel bars on the cockpit doors of all its planes, and other airlines are also considering new security measures to protect pilots and ...

Acting in record time, airlines have reinforced cockpit doors on nearly all 4,000 of the nation's passenger planes to keep would-be hijackers from the controls. "The (federal) directive was to secure ...

The scene aboard the hijacked airliner played out like a radio drama as passengers tried to storm the cockpit. Amid sounds of shouting, screaming and breaking dishes, one hijacker called to a partner ...

Regulations changing FAR Parts 25 and 121 by adding new standards for more secure cockpit doors cleared FAA in the second week of January, just four months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nearly 22 years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a new rule Wednesday requiring commercial ...

A passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight this month repeatedly tried to open the cockpit door, prompting flight attendants to barricade the door and have the man restrained until landing, court ...