Southwest Airlines’ newest jets are now flying with a barrier that can protect the cockpit when pilots need to open the door ...

Southwest Airlines debuted its first plane with a secondary cockpit barrier on Friday, Aug. 29. The new safety feature ...

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

One of the country's leading airlines announced its newest planes would be outfitted with an extra security measure.

Southwest Airlines is the first U.S. carrier to introduce the new security device. Here's what passengers should expect.

Almost 25 years after 9/11, there are still major security risks on airplanes without secondary cockpit barriers. That’s the ...

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