Cabin crew and passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight were witness to a beginning of life when a baby girl was born at 42,000 feet.
Nafi Diaby, a 28-week-old pregnant traveler, was experiencing childbirth pains as the airplane was mid-flight from Guinea’s capital Conakry to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The cabin crew then “promptly responded to her in order to assist her childbirth during the flight,” Turkish Airlines said in a statement.
Passengers had also assisted in the birth of the baby later named Kadiju.
The airline took to their social media pages to congratulate the mother and the flight crew. “Welcome on board Princess! Applause goes to our cabin crew!” one of the posts said.
Diaby and her baby girl were taken to a hospital after their flight landed, and airline officials reported “that the baby and the mother currently do not have any health problems.”
Turkish Airlines allow pregnant women expecting one baby to fly with a doctor’s report stating that they are fit to fly by air carriage between 28-35 weeks. After that, they are no longer fit to fly even with medical clearance.
