A resident of Novy Urengoy gave birth to a son on the plane during a flight from Krasnoyarsk
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- A 30-year-old Russian woman gave birth to a son on board a plane during a flight from Krasnoyarsk to Novy Urengoy.
- The flight attendants provided first aid, after which the doctors decided to perform the birth on board.
- The boy, weighing 2980 grams and 51 cm tall, was born successfully, mother and child are in the maternity hospital, their lives are not in danger.
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Why It Matters
Airplane births are a rare but well-documented occurrence in aviation medicine. Usually in such cases the crew decides to make an emergency landing if the situation allows.
A resident of Novy Urengoy gave birth to a son on the plane. This was reported on the official page of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on VKontakte.
A 30-year-old Russian woman began having contractions during a flight from Krasnoyarsk to Novy Urengoy. The flight attendants provided first aid to the woman in labor. The crew of the ship informed the destination airport about the situation, and the plane was met on the ground by airport paramedic Svetlana Trapeznikova and emergency medical team Vera Vilkova and Orkhan Sadikov.
After an examination, doctors decided to accept the baby on board. The birth was successful: a boy was born, 51 cm tall and weighing 2980 grams. At the moment, the woman and child are in the maternity hospital, their health and life are not in danger.
Open Questions
- What airline was the flight on?
- Was the woman aware of the risk of childbirth during the flight?
- Will flight attendants receive a reward for their assistance?
