Flying

Is it just me, or were there way more than usual news reports about the perils of flying while I was gone? Thankfully, we didn't have a flight on Aloha Airlines.

FORT WORTH, Texas (CNN) -- Regulators have largely ignored a series of dangerous incidents in which cockpit windshields in commercial airliners shattered in mid-flight, sometimes forcing emergency landings, according to an American Airlines pilots' group.

KGW.com A Vancouver woman is struggling to help her son get home from Hawaii after he was stranded there with his wife when Aloha Airlines filed for bankruptcy. It may sound like a silly thing to complain about - being stuck in paradise – but if you consider missed work and the price of accommodations in Hawaii, opinions change.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Four U.S. airlines are being investigated for failing to comply with federal aviation regulations. But names of those specific carriers under investigation weren't released today by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA announced an audit of airline maintenance records found 3 of the four carriers had missed inspection deadlines. Officials say wiring in the wheel well was one area where carriers failed to comply with "airworthiness directives." One carrier failed to submit a required plan. The other three airlines were found to have aircraft overdue for inspections.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) A Jamaican arrested after trying to check luggage containing pipe bomb-making materials onto a flight home explained that he wanted to show his friends there how to make them, authorities said Wednesday.