‘Maternal brilliance’: Gentle flight attendant in China goes viral and praised online after soothing screaming baby on plane for almost five 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. — SCMP

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.