Baby born on CX HKG-ADL

[Flashback]

Baby boy born on airliner en route to Australia

An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband. Judith Hamel, one of four doctors who helped deliver the 6 pound baby aboard the Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to the southern city of Adelaide, described the delivery as smooth.
"I think we all had fun once we knew it was all safe," Hamel told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio Wednesday.

 

[v8Statesman]

Free trips on CX for the life of the child.

Or is that just an "Old Wives tale"?

 

[ColinP]

Small World!

Judith Hamel was my GP about 20 years ago.

 

[Hvr]

Baby born on flight to Adelaide

A pregnant Adelaide woman only bought a plane ticket for one because she wasn't expecting to give birth in the sky above Australia.
The 29-year-old woman was returning to her husband in Adelaide after visiting family in India when she went into labour on the plane.
About 5.30am (CST) today, on the final leg of her trip from Hong Kong, the woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy.


It is believed to be her firstborn.


"The baby is healthy, he is breathing on his own. Mum is jetlagged but stable," said a spokeswoman for Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH).
The woman, who was 34 weeks pregnant, is understood to have gone to the toilet after experiencing pain in her stomach.




An Adelaide doctor who, along with three other medical practitioners, helped deliver the baby on the international Cathay Pacific flight said it was a smooth, "fun" birth.

An interesting ride for pax on that trip. Does anybody know which country of birth is recorded in this scenario?

 

[NYCguy]

Re: Baby born on flight to Adelaide

A "fun" birth? Sweetheart, you need to get out more often!

I notice that a mouth from Royal Darwin Hospital was quoted in the story, which suggests that the flight diverted to DRW to drop off the happy family.

If so, I wonder if CX will be billing them for the costs of the diversion?

 

[v8Statesman]

Re: Baby born on flight to Adelaide

Also discussed here.

http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/community/travel-news/baby-born-cx-hkg-adl-14391.html?highlight=born