Southwest Airlines takes to the skies with a new security feature on its 737 MAX 8s, defying expectations and surprising the industry. What's behind this bold move?

Southwest Airlines’ newest aircraft have the latest cockpit protection with a ‘secondary barrier.’ The airline’s latest ...

Southwest Airlines becomes the first carrier to fly a Boeing 737 Max 8 with new secondary flight deck barriers designed to ...

The flight marks the beginning of the rollout of the safety feature across the new U.S. commercial airline fleet.

Federal regulators have issued a rare, urgent warning over the risk of Boeing 737 MAX engines malfunctioning and letting smoke into an airplane cabin or cockpit. Damage to the engine’s oil system can ...

Secondary barriers, long sought after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, are crucial to aviation safety, pilots unions have argued.