'Don't let fear get in the way': Frequent flyers battling anxiety after recent plane crashes

CRASH IN THE STATE SINCE 1970. SCENES LIKE THE ONE WE JUST SAW SEEM TO BE POPPING UP MORE OFTEN THAN NORMAL, BUT PLANE CRASHES REALLY JUST DON’T HAPPEN A LOT. STEELE WHAT HAS HAPPENED COULD SPARK SOME ANXIETY. WVTM 13 BRYCE OSLIN TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A FEAR OF FLYING. AND IF PASSENGERS ARE MORE NERVOUS THAN EVER TO BOARD A FLIGHT. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME REALLY FLYING, SO I’M KIND OF NERVOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING. BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. THE 2025 POTOMAC RIVER MID-AIR COLLISION KILLED 67 PEOPLE, LEAVING TRAVELERS ON EDGE IN TORONTO. A DELTA PLANE CRASHED AND FLIPPED OVER DURING LANDING ON ITS WAY IN. PRETTY MUCH REALLY HEAVY ON MY MIND RIGHT NOW, ACTUALLY GOT ME PRETTY NERVOUS, THOUGH. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JUST RELEASED A POLL SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMFORTABLE WITH AIR TRAVEL HAS GONE DOWN SINCE LAST YEAR. DARIUS KILPATRICK IS TRAVELING FROM BIRMINGHAM TO CHARLOTTE AND SAYS IF IT WEREN’T FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND, HE WOULDN’T STEP FOOT IN AN AIRPORT. SHE READ ABOUT THE ONLY REASON WHY I’M GETTING UP ON HERE, MAN. WE’VE BEEN COMPLETELY. YEAH. SHOULD BE PRETTY MAD IF I DIDN’T. SO GOT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, I GOT TO TAKE THAT RISK. PUT MY FAITH IN GOD, MAN. DO WHAT I GOT TO DO. SO I DON’T I DON’T HAVE FEAR. YOU KNOW, I HAVE FAITH. I GOT MORE FAITH THAN I HAVE FEAR. WAYNE WILLIAMS, WHO IS FLYING FROM BIRMINGHAM TO AMSTERDAM, HAS SOME ADVICE FOR OTHER TRAVELERS. DON’T LET FEAR GET IN THE WAY OF SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO DO. THERE’S A PLACE YOU WANT TO GO. GO. DON’T LIVE IN FEAR. YOU KNOW IT’S TWO WAYS TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN FEAR OR BEING BRAVE. EXPERTS SAY KNOWING THE FACTS ABOUT FLYING DANGEROUS CAN HELP LESSEN YOUR FEARS. ACCORDING TO FLIGHT COMM, YOU HAVE ABOUT A ONE IN MORE THAN 8 MILLION CHANCE OF DYING IN A PLANE CRASH. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, YOUR RISK OF DYING IN A CAR CRASH IS ABOUT 1 IN 93.