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Are you scared to fly? The internet is, too.

Memes about flying are everywhere.

Tim Marcin

on February 19, 2025

a delta plane overturned on a runway in toronto

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It seems like there's been a new air-travel incident every day under President Donald Trump's new administration.

Most notably, last month, a U.S. Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing 67 people. It was the first fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in some 16 years. On Monday, a Delta flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport flipped as it landed in Toronto. There was the deadly high-profile crash of a medical jet in Philly, a fatal wreck in Alaska, and, just today, a fatal plane collision in Arizona.

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This is happening as Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) fire hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration. So, naturally, folks are a bit nervous about flying. And since it's 2025, they're expressing their anxiety through jokes and memes online.

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folks my flight is about to take off and it's been an honor to be woke with you
— Sen. Lemon Gogurt (@ugarles.bsky.social) February 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM

"hey siri, what is the quickest path i could take to destroy the confidence that keeps commercial passenger flight viable?"

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— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) February 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM

Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.
— Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM

me in 2077: what people forget is that there were a half dozen plane crashes each month before the Great AI Plane Skyfall of 2025 grandson: wow so everybody thought AI was going to fix all of that? me: haha what? oh. no. not even kind of. No
— Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) February 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM

So yes, everyone is nervous about plane crashes. But at least the internet has jokes.

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Tim Marcin

Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).