Halakhah su Salmi 107:23

It should also be noted that Bet Avi somewhat equivocally advances another argument in support of the position that airplane travel does not occasion recitation of birkat ha-gomel. In contradistinction to the position of Iggerot Mosheh, Bet Avi maintains that sea voyages occasion recitation of that blessing by virtue of deliverance from danger resulting from waves which arise in the ocean. This is evidenced by the fact that the Gemara cites the verses "They that go down to the sea in ships … He raised the stormy wind … they reeled to and fro and staggered like a drunken man … He made the storm calm so that the waves thereof were still" (Psalms 107:23-29) in establishing that seafarers are required to offer praise for their deliverance. Bet Avi argues that, since there are no waves in the sky and hence this danger is nonexistent with regard to air travel, there cannot be an obligation for recitation of birkat ha-gomel for the safe completion of a trip by air.