The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that last week, a Boeing 757 jet operated by Delta Air Lines lost a nose wheel while preparing for takeoff in Atlanta. The Globe's Gary Mason writes that in January, a door plug blew off an Alaska Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner at 16,000 feet above Oregon, leaving a gaping hole in the side of the plane. Before that, the world saw images of a Japan Airlines plane that had burst into flames after a collision with a smaller coast guard aircraft on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport. Meanwhile, The New York Times recently published a disturbing investigative story that showed an alarming pattern of safety lapses and near misses in the skies and on the runways of America. Statistically, a person is 95 times more likely to die from unintentional poisoning than to meet their demise in an air traffic accident, but Mr. Mason still worries about flying -- including risks from other passengers. For instance, Dutch carrier KLM reports there has been a 100-per-cent increase in unruly passenger events compared with 2019. Mr. Mason says hopping on a plane these days "ain't what it used to be" -- and while flying may be safer than ever, it has never been as unappealing as it is now.