‘Maternal brilliance’: gentle flight attendant in China goes viral and praised online after soothing screaming baby on plane for almost 5 hours
- A flight attendant has been praised on mainland social media for helping a mother keep her baby quiet on a domestic flight
- After noticing a woman struggling with a crying baby on an almost five-hour flight, the attendant kept him calm for the remainder of the journey
A flight attendant in China who spent nearly five hours soothing a crying baby on a flight has been celebrated for her maternal instincts on mainland social media.
The unnamed woman was working on a Chinese domestic flight from Jilin to Chengdu when she intervened to help calm a passenger’s baby to minimise potential noise disturbance for other passengers, Star Video reported.
The flight attendant noticed a mother on the flight having difficulty keeping her baby quiet after passengers were told to stay seated and offered to hold him.
In a video from the flight, the attendant is shown carrying the calm-looking baby in her arms and patting him gently during the flight.
Later, when the cabin crew took their seats, the flight attendant got the baby to go to sleep by patting his back. The baby fell asleep and after waking, remained quiet.