Woman gives birth on Delta flight before emergency landing in Oregon |
Woman gives birth on Delta flight before emergency landing in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s a bird! It’s a plane! … with a baby?
A woman went into labor during a roughly 5-hour flight from Atlanta to Portland, Oregon, on Friday.
A doctor and two nurses on board assisted flight attendants to successfully deliver the baby roughly 30 minutes before Delta Flight 478 came in for an emergency landing in Portland, a Delta spokesperson told Nexstar’s KOIN.
Emergency medical services responded to the plane when it landed at around 10 p.m.
“We extend our sincere thanks to the crew and medical volunteers on board who stepped in to provide care to a customer onboard prior to landing in Portland,”........