I worked in aviation safety before becoming a reporter. See why I think Japan Airlines' excellent safety video helped save 379 lives.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
The terrible aftermath of the Japan Airlines crash of Flight 516. All passengers survived — and an excellent safety video likely helped.

Issei Kato/Reuters

A former Delta pilot accused of threatening to shoot his captain said he only meant it as a joke and that it was a big misunderstanding

Tech Insider
A Delta Air Lines plane.
A Delta Air Lines plane.

Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

These are the safest airlines in the world, according to one ranking

Tech Insider : Travel
air new zealand
Air New Zealand was named the world's safest airline by AirlineRatings.com.

Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

While all the people on board survived, 2 passengers' pets were killed in the devastating Japan Airlines fire

Tech Insider : Travel
Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024
Firefighters attended the burning A350.

REUTERS/Issei Kato

The 5 most on-time airlines in North America

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
Delta and United planes.
Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are two of the most on-time carriers in North America for 2023.

Tayfun CoSkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Japan Airlines and the Coast Guard both say planes were cleared to enter runway before collision that led to 5 deaths and a raging inferno at Tokyo's busiest airport

Tech Insider
An aerial view shows burnt Japan Airlines' (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 3, 2024
The wreckage of the Japan Airlines A350.

Kyodo/via REUTERS

The 5 best airlines in the world for on-time performance

Tech Insider : Travel
Avianca planes at an airport with a mountain in the background.
Avianca was the most on-time global airline of 2023 after pulling itself out of bankruptcy.

Daniel Munoz/AFP via Getty Images

How airlines pick the movies and TV shows you'll see in flight

Tech Insider
man using the screen on an airplane
Major airlines have teams dedicated to finding the right in-flight movies and shows for their diverse passengers.

swissmediavision/Getty Images

I spent 28 hours flying from Canada to Singapore — here are 3 things that made my experience more comfortable

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
Composite of woman in Canada and Philippines
Germaine Arenas took three flights over some 30 hours to travel from Winnipeg, Canada, to Singapore.

Courtesy of Germaine Arenas

I went on board Beond, 'the world's first premium leisure airline' with lie-flat beds — but I don't think it's better than business class

Tech Insider
A collage of a lie-flat bed onboard Beond A319, and Business Insider's Pete Syme sat in one of the seats.
The lie-flat seat on Beond's A319, and the author onboard.

Pete Syme/Business Insider

Subscribe to Airlines