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Caribbean Airlines has confirmed that one of its flights became an unlikely delivery room mid-air, after a passenger gave birth while en route from Jamaica to New York, though the airline insists no emergency was declared during the incident.
According to reports,flight BW005, a Boeing 737 Max 8 travelling from Kingston to New York on Saturday, was forced to prioritise a swift landing after the woman went into labour at cruising altitude. What began as a routine international flight quickly turned into a high-altitude birth, with crew stepping in to manage the situation.
In a statement to Guardian Media yesterday, the airline described the incident as a “medical event” handled in accordance with established procedures.
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