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Woman gives birth to a child at a height of 2 thousand feet in the sky

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: September 23, 2020 3:57 PM

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While traveling from London to Cairo last week, Yemeni woman Hiyam Nasr Naji Daaban gave birth on an airplane, but the ordeal really delivered: It landed her the gift of motherhood — and her baby the gift of free travel.
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Daaban was on an EgyptAir flight from the UK capital to the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, Sept. 16, when she went into labor while passing through German airspace.
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After being told that a pregnant passenger was in pain, the flight’s captain requested an emergency landing in Munich — but the passenger gave birth before the plane could land, EgyptAir tweeted the following day.
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While not an ideal birthing environment, the unique experience not only gave Daaban and her baby a good story, but EgyptAir also awarded the newborn free lifetime travel aboard the airline.
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जशी विमानाने भरारी घेतलली थोड्याच वेळात महिलेच्या पोटात कळा येऊ लागल्या होत्या. पायलटला जेव्हा याबाबत सांगण्यात आले तेव्हा त्याने इमरजन्सी लॅंडींगची तयारी सुरू केली.
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EgyptAir announced the celebratory prize on Twitter, alongside a photo of the infant with two masked individuals and a congratulatory message to both Daaban and Egypt Airlines chairman Rushdi Zakaria.
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Daaban’s baby is not the first to score the sweet birth prize. In 2017, a baby boy born in flight aboard a Jet Airways plane also received the ultimate travel pass.
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The child’s mother unexpectedly went into labor while 35,000 feet over the Arabian Sea, and crew members and a passenger who happened to be a nurse helped her deliver the baby — who was then awarded free lifetime air travel aboard the Indian line.
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In June, a baby girl was born during an Emirates flight. While the child’s parents appropriately named her Sky in tribute, seemingly solidifying her destiny for a lifetime of travel, the airline did not offer to cover her costs for life.
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