Sean Rameswaram

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 day, the same thing more or less happened back at DCA, the same airport that where that helicopter crashed into a commercial flight, killing 67 people back in January.

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 day, the same thing more or less happened back at DCA, the same airport that 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.

On Today Explained, we're asking the question we've all been asking.

On Today Explained, we're asking the question we've all been asking.

Is it still safe to fly?

Is it still safe to fly?

Is it still safe to fly?

Support for the show comes from Yonder. There's a certain time and place for you to be checking your phone, and the classroom probably isn't one of them. Shouldn't school classrooms have, at the very least, the level of focus a stand-up comedian would demand of their audience? Yonder says they are committed to fostering phone-free schools. Learn more at overyonder.com.

Support for the show comes from Yonder. There's a certain time and place for you to be checking your phone, and the classroom probably isn't one of them. Shouldn't school classrooms have, at the very least, the level of focus a stand-up comedian would demand of their audience? Yonder says they are committed to fostering phone-free schools. Learn more at overyonder.com.

Support for the show comes from Yonder. There's a certain time and place for you to be checking your phone, and the classroom probably isn't one of them. Shouldn't school classrooms have, at the very least, the level of focus a stand-up comedian would demand of their audience? Yonder says they are committed to fostering phone-free schools. Learn more at overyonder.com.

That's O-V-E-R-Y-O-N-D-R dot com. Overyonder.com without the E in yonder.

That's O-V-E-R-Y-O-N-D-R dot com. Overyonder.com without the E in yonder.

That's O-V-E-R-Y-O-N-D-R dot com. Overyonder.com without the E in yonder.

Sean Romsverm here with Darrell Campbell, who writes about aviation for The Verge. We asked him if the planes are okay.

Sean Romsverm here with Darrell Campbell, who writes about aviation for The Verge. We asked him if the planes are okay.

Sean Romsverm here with Darrell Campbell, who writes about aviation for The Verge. We asked him if the planes are okay.

Right. And because of that, more people than perhaps I've heard since maybe 9-11 in my personal life have said, I'm second guessing flying this year.

Right. And because of that, more people than perhaps I've heard since maybe 9-11 in my personal life have said, I'm second guessing flying this year.

Right. And because of that, more people than perhaps I've heard since maybe 9-11 in my personal life have said, I'm second guessing flying this year.