A British doctor has performed what he describes as a 'miraculous' mid-air delivery after a pregnant passenger went into labour aboard a London-bound flight from Jordan.
A British doctor has performed what he describes as a 'miraculous' mid-air delivery after a pregnant passenger went into labour aboard a London-bound flight from Jordan. Dr Hassan Khan was returning to London Luton Airport from a holiday in Amman, Jordan, when the woman's contractions began two hours into the Whizz Air flight.Mr Khan, 28, who luckily had experience in neonatal resuscitation, responded to calls for a doctor by air stewards after the Jordanian woman went into labour.
I only realised how significant it was after I had the chance to process it all,' he explained to the BBC.The child was born just after 04:00GMT on Saturday morning.Flight attendants later told the doctor that the baby was only the 75th infant to be born aboard a commercial flight.
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