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.
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.
