Caption: Baby Zahra, her mother and KQ officers soon after her birth aboard a Kenya Airways flight
Kenya Airways in flight crew found itself being called to extraneous duties as they assisted a woman passenger deliver a baby girl.
The woman developed labour pains during the KQ 317 flight from Dubai via Muscat to Nairobi on Thursday and the officers led by KQ Nurse Juliana Maithya had to create a makeshift delivery room in the aisle in the economy class to enable the woman deliver the baby once the plane landed.
The officers who also included Flight Purser Josephine Towett, flight attendants Oscar Heho, Mitchell Ongeso, Anthony Kuria and Muriithi, Captain Hamdan and First Officer Muiruri said both the baby and the mother were ‘doing fine’.
The Captain and First Officer waited for the baby to be born before disembarking.
Speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya Airways Chief Operating Officer Bram Stellar said this was the first time that such an event has occurred not only for the crew, but for Kenya Airways.
“It was already a packed flight from Muscat to Nairobi but passengers and crew were more than happy to make room for one extra person when the lady gave birth to a baby girl, whom we promptly named Zahra,” he said.
“Within 15 minutes the baby had been born. We are happy that the birth was normal and the mother and baby are fine,” he added.
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