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Woman delivers baby mid-air, plane makes emergency landing in Kolkata
NEW DELHI, Feb 4, 2020 (BSS) – A Bangkok-bound flight from Doha has made
an emergency landing at Kolkata, West Bengal as a woman on board went into
labour and delivered a baby mid-air.
The woman from Bangkok delivered the baby with the help of the cabin crew
of Qatar airways around 3 am, media report said today.
After making emergency landing in Kolkata, the woman was admitted to a
private hospital. “Both the mother and the baby are doing fine,” the report
said quoting airport officials.
Officials said an unscheduled flight from Doha to Bangkok QR-830 landed
around 03:09 am at Kolkata airport in medical priority landing.
“The pilot of Qatar flight had asked SOS to ATC for medical priority
landing… The flight landed safely…The airport team with the doctor was
attending the concerned.” Kolkata Airport officials were quoted as saying.
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