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Baby girl born on board RJ aircraft flying to JFK

Jan 21, 2015 - Amman


RJ indicated that the 33-old mother went into labor four hours before landing at JFK airport in New York, while the aircraft was flying over the Atlantic.

The captain was about to conduct an emergency landing at one of the Canadian airports, but the delivery was fast and easy, helped by an anesthesiologist and a legal nurse who happened to be on board, and in cooperation with the crew members. Mother and child were in good health and there was no need to divert the plane.

The traveling mother was pregnant in her 31st week. RJ rules allow a pregnant woman to travel up to 36 weeks of pregnancy in case of single pregnancy, and up to 32 weeks for multiple child pregnancy.

The mother expressed gratitude for the great help she received from the physician, the nurse and the flight attendants, and thanked the RJ staff at JFK station who received her and the baby and transferred them to the hospital as soon as the plane landed.

Royal Jordanian provides its cabin crew members with special training in first aid and birth deliveries.

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