From the start it was obvious that Romney was joking when talking about Anne’s minor incident when her plane’s cabin filled with smoke and government regulation forced the pilot to make an emergency landing.
How can anyone joke about airplane windows after seeing Goldfinger?
“. . .and government regulation forced the pilot to make an emergency landing”
Not government.
There is no “government regulation” forcing a pilot to declare an emergency. . .the pilot declares an emergency (based upon his judgment and the situation). Any pilot with any brain in his head would declare an emergency land in that situation.