An Arik Air flight with over 100 passengers en route to London Sunday was forced to make an emergency landing in Palmas, Spain, as a woman went into labour and gave birth while the aircraft was airborne.The pilot was said to have requested the emergency landing on the advice of two doctors who were on board the aircraft and had helped the mother deliver the baby.
When the passenger went into labour, the cabin crew asked that doctors on board the flight to identify themselves. Following the announcement, two of the passengers came forward, saying they were doctors and assisted in the delivery of the baby.

Normally, a source disclosed that in the few instances where women have given birth on board, the aircraft would continue its flight to its final destination. However, the Arik flight was forced to make an emergency landing following the advice of the doctors that the woman was bleeding excessively - she was said to have experienced excessive hemorrhaging, necessitating the emergency landing.
At the time of this report, both mother and child were said to have been stable but were left behind in Palmas for monitoring by medical personnel, while the flight continued on its journey to London.
The airline was trying to ascertain if the woman had presented a false medical report from her doctor on the true duration of her pregnancy or she had gone into premature labour while on board the flight.
Women with full term pregnancies are not allowed to travel by air, according to International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations. As such, intending pregnant passengers are required to present medical reports certifying that they are less than 32 weeks pregnant before they are allowed to fly.
A source said the airline was carrying out a full-scale investigation to ascertain the genuineness of themedical report presented by the woman.
Arik Air’s management said yesterday that if it is discovered that the woman was given a false report to enable her fly, it would file a special complaint against the doctor who had issued the medical report to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) for endangering her life and that of the baby, as well that of other passengers on board the flight.

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Posted: at 16-09-2013 07:44 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

Thankgod she came out alive

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:06 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie

So what did she tell officials at the airport when she was asked how many months pregnant she was.

I can imagine her not being too happy to have given birth on Nigeria soil if her plan was to get to London or have the baby.

However she could have gone into premature labour with the gravity and so on - and had the baby before time?





Whatever the truth we welcome a new addition to Nigeria.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:16 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

I thank God for the baby and the mother.

9ja and all our fake fake things.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:19 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

hmmm

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:22 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

She want go born pikin for oyinbo land. wetin people dey risk their life and unborn baby when them know their due date is close? let her pay the medical bills in Palmas and the mess she made in the plane. Anyway thank God everything went well and baby is okay.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:24 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

What i deduced frm the woman's acts, is that she wanted her bady 2 be delivered in london by all cost in oda 4 her baby 2 be a British citizen by birth.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:24 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie

nine months  belle still dey enter plane for naija..nawa..not in Europe oooh..

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:30 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

   

Posted: at 16-09-2013 08:54 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Thank God.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 09:11 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Thank God.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 09:15 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

WOw

Posted: at 16-09-2013 09:22 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

Let's wait and see d outcum of d investigation. In d crase of having baby in foriegn lands, some women lie abt d duration of delivery.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 10:04 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Hmmn#

Posted: at 16-09-2013 10:08 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

it is well

Posted: at 16-09-2013 10:18 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Thank God 4 safe delivery... thou she took a drastic step.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 10:33 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

What i deduced frm the woman's acts, is that she wanted her bady 2 be delivered in london by all cost in oda 4 her baby 2 be a British citizen by birth.

Gone are the days when delivering a baby in UK soil automatically makes him/her a citizen; na old school be that. Law don change o!

Posted: at 16-09-2013 10:45 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

We have the £3,000 charge over our head because of Nigerians who abscond and do not leave the UK when their visa expires. And now this!

Soon we will have "maternity wards" set up by different airlines within our international airports to determine how many months pregnant a woman is before she boards a flight to leave the motherland!

It can only get worse for those upright Nigerians who work hard and honestly!
Because of the greedy and cheats who have no scruples demeaning Nigeria.

Posted: at 16-09-2013 11:01 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Welcome to the world baby

Posted: at 16-09-2013 11:04 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Thank god for her safe delivery

Posted: at 16-09-2013 11:15 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

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