Türk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi : Afghan gives birth to baby girl at 30,000 feet while heading for Birmingham
August 29, 2021 at 04:21 am EDT
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An Afghan refugee fleeing to the UK gave birth to a baby girl at 30,000 feet while on an evacuation flight destined for Birmingham.
Soman Noori, 26, was travelling on an evacuation flight from Dubai to Birmingham, having previously left Kabul, when she went into labour in airspace over Kuwait, Turkish Airlines said.
Her name translates to Eve in English, and she is the couple’s third child.
There was no doctor on board the flight, forcing the Turkish Airlines cabin crew to deliver the baby girl, who has been named Havva by her mother and father, 30-year-old husband Taj Moh Hammat.
Turkish Airlines said in a statement that both mother and baby were healthy, and although the flight had landed in Kuwait as a precaution, it then carried on its route to Birmingham and landed at 11.45am.
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Turk Hava Yollari AO is a Turkey-based company, which provides passenger and cargo air transportation services. It operates under following business segments: Air Transport (Aviation), which consist of mainly domestic and international passenger and cargo air Transportation, as well as Technical Maintenance Services (Technical), which consist of mainly aircraft repair and maintenance services and providing technical and infrastructure support related to aviation sector. Its subsidiaries include: THY Teknik AS, engaged in aircraft maintenance services, as well as THY Ucus Egitim ve Havalimani Isletme AS, engaged in training and airport operations. The Company serves all domestic destinations as well as the Middle East, North America, Europe, Asia, North Africa and South Africa.