Turkish Airlines: Baby born mid-air, crew helps in delivery at 42,000 feet

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New Delhi: An unexpected passenger joined a Turkish Airlines flight when a woman went into labour and gave birth mid-flight to a baby girl. On Sunday, the flight's crew and some passengers helped in the delivery of the new-born mid-air when Nafi Diaby, 28 weeks pregnant, went into labour on the flight. The incident happened soon after plane took-off from Guinea's capital Conakry to Istanbul via Ouagadougou. Reportedly, plane cruising at an altitude of roughly 42,000 feet at the time. Image courtesy: Turkish Airlines Praising the efforts of the crew, the international airlines company issued a statement. It said: "The cabin crew noticed that a woman passenger named Nafi Diaby, 28 weeks into her pregnancy, was suffering childbirth pains." "They promptly responded to assist her childbirth during the flight," it added. As per reports, the mother and the infant, named Kadiju, were admitted to a hospital in Burkina Faso, an African nation. Image courtesy: Turkish Airlines

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