While the common notion persists about certain airplane seats, aviation experts agree there is no guaranteed "safest seat" during a crash.

While some prioritize leg-room when it comes to air travel, others may think a little more about their seat selection.

The survival of a passenger who escaped through an exit door seconds after his Air India flight crashed killing everyone else on board has prompted speculation over whether his seat, 11A, is the safest.

The action thriller stars Gerard Butler and Mike Colter as a commercial pilot and a fugitive who crash-land in a war zone.

A pilot who regularly captained the same Air India Boeing 787 that crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing all but one of the 242 people on board, has theorized what could have caused the fatal incident.

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Saturday afternoon because of a security threat on a plane bound for Walla Walla. As of 1 p.m., flights scheduled to arrive at Sea-Tac were circling or being diverted to other airports, according to data from the flight-tracking company FlightRadar24.

Amid the global attention that followed the Indian plane crash where about 270 people died, a lawmaker has shared how the pilot was days away from quitting.