A woman has explained a simple turbulence theory to help if you suffer with a fear of flying.
Naturally, many people have been left concerned following Tuesday's devastating news that one person died and tens of others were left injured after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered some severe turbulence while travelling from London.
The flight had departed from Heathrow Airport on Monday night (20 May) carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew before it hit turbulence.
The plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand at 3:45pm local time, with local media reporting that ambulances were driven onto the tarmac to reach the plane and one person had died.
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Sadly, the passenger who died has since been named as 73-year-old Geoff Kitchen.
The father-of-two, who is said to have suffered from heart problems, is suspected to have had a heart attack after chaos erupted in the skies.
Following the devastating events, many people have been left especially nervous about flying.
And now, one TikToker has spoken out about a hack which could help nervous flyers get over their fear.
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Anna Paull explained the hack using a cup of jelly, claiming to have learnt it from a 'real pilot'.
She said: "Pretend this is the air that you're flying in - this jelly right here. And this napkin is the aeroplane."
Despite the initial weirdness of the demonstration, the TikToker urged followers to 'trust' her.
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She noted that just like with the jelly, when flying, the plane experiences pressure from 'the bottom, pressure from the top, from the sides, pressure coming from everywhere'.
Anna used the jelly model to enact what happens when you feel turbulence.
"You feel the plane shaking but this is not just going to fall down you know? It's stuck in there, because there's pressure coming from the bottom and the sides," she said.
The TikToker also reassured that there's 'never been a plane crash from turbulence'.
Turbulence is, however, on the rise.
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Incidents of severe turbulence increased by 55 percent between 1979 and 2020.
Scientists from Reading University have said that their research revealed higher temperatures from climate change had led to the increase in turbulence during transatlantic flights.
"Following a decade of research showing that climate change will increase clear-air turbulence in the future, we now have evidence suggesting that the increase has already begun," said Professor Paul Williams, who co-authored the study.
"We should be investing in improved turbulence forecasting and detection systems, to prevent the rougher air from translating into bumpier flights in the coming decades."
Featured Image Credit: Tiktok/@Anna..PaullTopics: Travel, News, World News
Lucy Devine