Plane diverted after passenger gives birth
Published Date:
29 August 2008
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 to deliver the 6lb 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," Ms Hamel said.
The flight was diverted to Darwin where Paramjit Kaur, 29, from Punjab state in north-west India, and her baby were admitted to hospital. At 34 weeks pregnant, it was Ms Kaur's first-ever flight. But she and her six weeks premature child were both well.
The child's father, Jagdar Jagdar, an Australian citizen who drives taxis in Adelaide, flew the 1,900 miles to join his wife and child.
The full article contains 146 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
28 August 2008 9:43 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
