A flight attendant has gone viral after sharing her advice for people who may be nervous.
Rhia Kerr, 23, has been working for Ryanair, an Irish carrier group, for five months.
She recently posted a TikTok video, which has garnered more than 2.5 million views, with tips on how to stay calm if you have to experience turbulence on a plane.
In the footage, Kerr is seen sitting on a plane as he explains the definition of turbulence.
“Turbulence is a sudden change in airflow and can be felt as shaking or shaking inside the aircraft,” the video caption reads.
“When we experience turbulence, our brain naturally cannot understand being out of control, and the feeling of falling can cause our brain’s fear response center to send a distress signal to our brain.”
She said airplanes are designed to withstand serious turbulence and there is no reason to panic.
She shared some tips with Fox News Digital on how to combat those fears of noise — one of them being getting noise-cancelling headphones for distraction.
“If you suffer from anxiety around turbulence, the things I would recommend you do is get noise canceling headphones, as some of the noise the plane makes can be disturbing,” she said.
Kerr also said she recommends a nervous flyer write down a list of things to do or exciting moments that will happen once he or she gets off the plane. This would act as a distraction from the turbulence, she added.
She also said: “Try to find breathing exercises on YouTube or TikTok first [and] put these into practice during turbulence.”
Kerr said it’s not unusual for a nervous flyer to alert the flight crew to their mindset so they can keep an eye on the passenger if turbulence occurs.
“Turbulence can be determined from the forecast, it’s worth asking the crew before take-off if you’re going to expect anything as they’ll most likely have been briefed on it before take-off,” Kerr said.
Kerr said her number one priority in her role is to “ensure the safety of passengers and aircraft” and that she has undergone “extensive and lengthy training to qualify”.
In her video, Kerr said, “the plane can’t fall out of the sky because of turbulence — the law of physics keeps it suspended in the air.”
“You are in very safe hands,” she said.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that 20 people were seriously injured by turbulence in 2023, including passengers and crew.
The FAA also reported that approximately 2,900,000 passengers fly each day in and out of the United States on approximately 45,000 flights.
The FAA recommends wearing your seat belt at all times and listening to pilots and flight attendants during sudden turbulence.
Fox News Digital contacted Ryanair for comment.
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