McMullen says a plane's environmental system — which monitors cabin pressure, for example — is separate from the passenger Wi-Fi system and is controlled from the cockpit using on-board computers.

The Aircraft Digital Cockpit Market grew from USD 7.81 billion in 2023 to USD 8.59 billion in 2024. It is expected to continue growing at a CAGR of 10.56%, reaching USD 15.79 billion by 2030.

These windows on some aircraft — like the Boeing 737, 767, and 777 and Airbus A330 — are designed to be used by the cockpit crew in an emergency (and no, using them is not as cumbersome as ...

Hall's recommendation came in the wake of 1999's Egyptair Flight 990 crash, when the first officer intentionally crashed the Boeing 767, according to the NTSB, killing all 217 people on board.

Yokes, at least for aircraft controls and not electric cars like Teslas, go all the way back to the early 1900s, before hydraulics were on planes. Since the pilot's input physically moved the ...