It's a girl! Woman gives birth on Bengaluru-Delhi flight

Cabin crew and a doctor helped deliver the baby after which the flight landed at Jaipur to tend to the new mother and baby

An early morning IndiGo flight from Bengaluru landed in Jaipur on Wednesday with an additional passenger as a woman traveller onboard gave birth to a baby girl mid-air.

The cabin crew of the Bengaluru-Jaipur flight, with the help of Dr Subahana Nazir travelling on the same flight, helped the woman deliver the baby.

The flight departed from Bengaluru around 5.45 a.m. and landed in Jaipur around 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday. The crew of flight 6E-469 informed the Jaipur airport of the medical emergency on board the flight and asked officials to arrange for a doctor and an ambulance on arrival.

“Both the baby and mother are stable,” said a statement from the airline. The airline also honoured Dr Nazir with a thank you card to express gratitude for the timely help.

In October, a baby boy was born on a Delhi-Bengaluru IndiGo flight and a gynaecologist who was onboard had helped with the premature delivery.