Baby is born in flight and the airline gives him free flights for life | The NY Journal

One baby has been given free flights for life, as it was born on the way from Cairo to London.

EgyptAir flight MS777 from Cairo to London had to perform a emergency landing when the yemeni passenger Hiyam Nasr Naji Daaban realized that she was going into labor.

The pilot diverted the flight to Munich, Germany, hoping Daaban could get to a hospital in time.

However, the future mother gave birth to a girl before the plane could land, with the help from a doctor who was on board.

In response, the airline has said that baby will receive free EgyptAir flights for lifeAlthough the offer apparently only extends to Munich, where the plane was diverted.

“Rushdi Zakaria, President of the Holding Company for Egypt, congratulated the passenger Hiyam Nasr Naji Daaban, a Yemeni national. She celebrated her well and gave her newborn a free lifetime travel ticket, who was delivered on board the plane during EgyptAir’s flight yesterday from Cairo to London, ”the airline tweeted.

هنيء الطيار رشدي زكريا رئيس مجلس إدارة الشركة القابضة لمصرللطيران الراكبة هيام نصر ناجي دعبان يمنية الجنسية علي سلامتها ومنح مولودتها تذكرة سفر مجانية مدي الحياة والتي أنجبتها علي متن الطائرة أثناء رحلة مصرللطيران المتجهة أمس من القاهرة إلي لندن. pic.twitter.com/WDLsBFePDW

– EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) September 17, 2020

It is not the first time a baby has been born in flight.

In May 2019, a woman went into labor on a flight to Manila, causing an emergency landing in Hyderabad.

The unidentified passenger began giving birth on the flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, before the Philippine Airlines pilot made the decision to divert to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport while flying over India.

The plane was greeted by a team of gynecologists and pediatricians as soon as it landed, who helped deliver the baby on board the plane.

And in 2017, a newborn baby received free flights for life from Jet Airways after he was born prematurely mid-flight.

The baby was born while on board the service from Dammam in Saudi Arabia to Kochi, India. The flight was diverted to Mumbai after his mother went into labor.