If you are a mom that often sends her husband to the airport, or travels frequently herself, the anxiety of waiting for the plane to land just got a little easier. I discovered this great website when my 7 year old son and husband made an overseas trip without me. I tracked their whole flight and was comforted immediately when they landed. I didn't wait for the call or even wait for the morning due to time difference. Tonight, as I sit here tracking my husband's flight, I found the Squawk part of the website. Little tit bits of flight information.
Did you know that:

(wattsupwiththat.com) As aircraft flights are diverted away from the region due to the risk of engine failure from ash ingestion, a fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009.

Or how about:

(avherald.com) A BMI British Midland Airbus A330-200, registration G-WWBD performing flight BD-762 (dep. Jun 19th) from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was struck by a lightning while on approach to Tel Aviv. The crew continued for a safe landing, however without the right winglet that was still attached during departure from London.

Planes get struck by lightening?

Or how about the pilot dying in midflight?

(www.foxnews.com) DEVELOPING STORY: The captain of a Continental Airlines flight en route from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, N.J., died during the trip, FOX News confirmed.

The pilot died Thursday aboard Continental Flight 61, and the co-pilot took over the aircraft's controls, FAA spokesman Les Dorr told FOX.

The plane was scheduled to land in Newark about 11:43 a.m. EDT.

Ok, there are many posts that are BORING too, but some are very cool when you are tracking a 100 hour flight (ok, it is 7.5 but feels like watching water boil), this certainly helps kill the time.

I thought I would share.

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