Re: Mom, baby OK after mid-flight delivery

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My well-wishes on the mother and child, but why the
long delay?

Mike Burris
Cambridge, Mass

P.S. And what type of a/c?  Where is the pantry? How
did they do it, standing up?  Who ever knows, please,
do tell! You know how this list is! We like
details..details!

--- mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Don't the airlines have rules about how late into a
> pregnancy a woman can fly?
>
> Mark
>
> ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. - A Jordanian woman and her
> newborn are resting in a
> hospital in Newfoundland after she gave birth on an
> airplane flying from
> Amsterdam to Chicago.
>
> The Dutch KLM flight was diverted to St. John's
> early Tuesday morning after
> the woman went into labour over the Atlantic Ocean.
>
> Three doctors on the flight helped deliver the baby
> girl, who was born in the
> airplane's pantry before they could touch down.
>
> The new mother and baby daughter were taken to St.
> John's Health Sciences
> Centre where they are both doing well, said a
> spokesperson for the airport
> authority.
>
> After a four-hour delay, the flight continued to
> Chicago.
>





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