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| 2009-12-05 |
| Southwest captain, crew enjoy 'early Christmas present' with baby born on airplane It wasn't exactly a Captain Sully Sullenberger moment, but a Southwest Airlines flight crew helped bring about the miracle of life Friday morning. A woman on a flight between Chicago and Salt Lake City went into labor and quickly gave birth before the plane could make an emergency landing in Denver, airline officials said. "Whoa," Captain Gary Jesperson said after the airplane finally made its way to Boise. "We were enjoying a beautiful day and the weather. Then (a flight attendant) said we have a woman going into labor. I'm going, 'OK, that changes things.' " Flight attendant Lisa Hamm said the woman, who didn't appear to be that far along in her pregnancy, rang the bell about halfway into the flight and said she was in labor. "That's the best emergency I've ever had," said 1st Officer Seth Koppenhaver. When the plane landed in Denver, all the passengers waited for emergency workers to take the woman and baby off the plane. A paramedic led the way with the baby swaddled in the donated blankets. The flight crew decided the baby's nickname -- Peanut. "That's right, don't you think," Osborne said. "It was a great day; this goes to the top of the list." Officials with The Medical Center of Aurora say both mother and baby are doing "fine." |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #1 Lucky for the mother she was flying Southwest. Delta would have tacked on an aisle delivery and infant seating surcharge. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-05 09:00 |