Is flying still safe?

飞行是否仍然安全?

Today, Explained

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2025-02-28

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Recent airplane crashes and near misses have everyone freaked out, just as DOGE is laying off workers at the agency charged with keeping people safe in the air. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin and Gabrielle Berbey, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members The Delta Air Lines plane that crashed and landed upside down at Toronto International Airport earlier this month. Photo by Katherine KY Cheng/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • First, there was the one over D.C. shocking.

  • Tragic.

  • The president blamed DEI.

  • Yikes.

  • But then they kept coming.

  • There was that medevac flight that crashed in the middle of Philadelphia.

  • There was a deadly crash on an ice floe in Alaska.

  • There was the Delta flight that landed upside down at Pearson in Toronto.

  • And then on Tuesday, while we were in a meeting talking about doing this very show, we heard a Southwest flight almost hit a private jet at Midway in Chicago.

  • That same.

  • The same thing more or less happened back at dca.

  • The same airport where that helicopter crashed into a commercial flight, killing 67 people back in January.

  • On Today Explained.

  • We're asking the question we've all been asking.

  • Should I really get on a plane right now?

  • Should we just drive instead?

  • Is it still safe to fly?

  • What is going on with the planes?

  • I really like landing right side up.

  • Is that weird?