For some flying is one of the most terrifying situations you can find yourself in. The idea of sitting in a plane while it travels hundreds of miles per hour, thousands of feet above the ground can be enough to make them panic and avoid getting on a plane altogether.
Aerophobia - the fear of flying in a plane - may seem unfounded Flyfright.com stated that there was a "one in 3.37 billion chance of dying in a commercial airline plane crash" between 2012 and 2016.
However, when things do go wrong in the air they can be very serious. Even the most experienced pilots can find themselves in a tricky situation if the weather turns or the plane suffers a malfunction.
