Qatar Airways Flight From Doha to Bangkok Makes Emergency Landing at Kolkata Airport After Thai Woman Gave Birth Onboard
Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata at around 3.15 am on Monday, after a 23-year-old Thai national gave birth onboard the flight. According to reports, both and baby are fine now and have been shifted to a private hospital in Kolkata.
Kolkata, February 4: A Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok made an emergency landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata at around 3.15 am on Monday, after a 23-year-old Thai national gave birth onboard the flight. According to reports, both and baby are fine now and have been shifted to a private hospital in Kolkata. More details are still awaited. Mumbai: Woman Gives Birth to Baby On Platform of Dadar Railway Station.
Kolkata airport official told news agency ANI, "Kolkata Airport official to ANI: Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok QR-830 made an unscheduled landing at Kolkata Airport. The pilot of Qatar Airways asked for ‘SOS’ signal at Kolkata ATC (Air Traffic Control) medical priority landing."
ANI's Tweet:
In December last year, a Florida woman gave birth to a baby in jetway at Charlotte Douglas airport. The woman, named Nereida Araujo went into labour pain during a two-hour from Tampa (TPA) to Charlotte (CLT). Shortly after landing, she gave birth to the baby in the jetway. Mumbai: 19-Year-Old Delivers Stillborn in Public Toilet; Tries to Flush Infant.
In a similar incident in October 2018, Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi-Jakarta flight was diverted to Mumbai as a woman passenger gives birth onboard the flight. Both the mother and her baby were then shifted to a hospital in Mumbai.
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