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- The woman gave birth aboard a United Airlines flight traveling from Ghana to the U.S.
- Nancy Adobea Anane, a Ghana-based journalist aboard flight 997, told NBC’s “Today” she noticed a woman, identified as “GG,” going to and from the bathroom looking “uncomfortable.”
- Anane said the pilot then made an announcement asking if there were any medical personnel aboard the flight, before she heard “Push, push!”
A woman aboard a United Airlines flight traveling from Ghana to the U.S. gave birth to a baby boy over the weekend.
The airline told NBC News in a statement its staff “acted quickly” to ensure a safe delivery, adding they “were especially thrilled to see the plane land with one extra, especially beautiful, customer onboard.”
Nancy Adobea Anane, a Ghana-based journalist aboard flight 997, told NBC’s “Today,” she noticed a woman, identified as “GG,” going to and from the bathroom looking “uncomfortable,” adding that passengers “thought it was someone who was unwell.”
Anane said the pilot made an announcement asking if there were any medical personnel aboard the flight, before she heard “Push, push!” She said members of the flight crew and a Ghanian nurse and doctor assisted in the birth.
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“It was amazing,” she told the outlet. “One of them said, ‘I see the head.’ Then (the) baby came out and was crying, and those of us close were clapping and so happy.”
“The rest of the flight didn’t know what was going on,” Anane said. “The pilot came on to say we just delivered a healthy baby boy.”
Anane added in a post on Facebook that paramedics were waiting on site when the plane landed, noting the baby was due in late February.
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