As the busy Spring Break travel season gets underway, safety was on the minds of some passengers flying out of Jacksonville International Airport on Friday.

With Spring Break just around the corner, we want to know if the latest aviation mishaps have influenced your travel plans.

About 60 students had the opportunity to spend their Saturday learning all about aviation and aerospace in the first-ever “Aerospace Day” at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport.

In 2023, there were more than 13,000 reports of laser strikes on pilots across the United States, including 916 reports of laser incidents in Florida, according to the latest report from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Following the Alaska Airlines aircraft’s blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage, a local aviation expert is weighing in on this scary incident.

A more detailed NTSB preliminary report sheds light on a fiery plane crash back in March that injured a couple on board and killed their dog. Back on March 23, a Piper PA-46 was attempting takeoff from Northeast Regional Airport near St. Augustine when then the aircraft failed to gain altitude, immediately lost control, and crashed.

Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers that fly those planes said they would temporarily pull them from service. Boeing said there were 69 777s with the Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engines in service and another 59 in storage. In that case, the breakdown was blamed on a broken fan blade in an engine of the Boeing 737. The airline has said the plane had engine trouble after takeoff and returned to Naha. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will stop operating a combined 32 planes with that engine, Nikkei reported.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on a deadly plane crash in May 2019 in St. Simons Island. The small plane crash killed the pilot, who was identified as Roger Crane, 80, of Bluffton, South Carolina. According to the NTSB report released April 20, Crane had flown cross-country with St. Simons Island as his final destination. The final crash report echoes what had already been described by witnesses in 911 calls. One factor: Older pilots can afford planes that may be beyond their capabilities.