Woman delivers baby on flight to Washington DC “34,000 feet above sea level” (Video)
A heavily pregnant Ghanaian woman recently gave birth to her baby on a flight to Washington, DC from Accra, Ghana.
It was gathered that the woman who was supposed to be due by late February went into labour onboard the aeroplane “34,000 feet above sea level”.
A Ghanaian doctor practising in the US, Dr Ansah-Addo, who was also on the flight, helped the woman to safely deliver her baby, a bouncy boy.
Media personality, Nancy Adobea Anane, better known as Ms Nancy, who was also onboard the United Flight UA 977, shared a video of the event on her official Instagram page.
The video she shared showed the new mum breastfeeding her baby.
Sharing the video, Nancy wrote,
“Onboard @united Flight UA 977 today,a lovely baby boy was born. The baby Who was due late February decided to arrive 34,000 ft above sea level. Dr. Ansah-Addo a Ghanaian practising in the USA made himself available when the pilot called for assistance of medical personnel on board. With assistance from the whole United crew, a bouncy baby boy was delivered 2hours to landing.
The flight was met on arrival by paramedics upon landing at the Washington Dulles international airport. The baby and his mother GG are currently under medical care.”
Watch the video below:
