Winslet and Mendes fly separately for children

Kate Winslet and her husband Sam Mendes avoid flying on the same airplane - because they are terrified it will crash and leave their young children orphaned.

The couple, who are raising their son Joe and Winslet's daughter Mia from her first marriage, were left traumatised after Mendes was originally due to fly on a plane that was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11, according to the Daily Mail.