Baby on Board: Paramedics Assist Passenger in Giving Birth During Delta Flight
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Please fasten your seatbelt, secure your tray table, return your seat to its upright position, and prepare for... childbirth? A passenger aboard a Delta Air Lines flight departing from Atlanta gave birth to a 5.5-pound baby girl on Friday, just before the Boeing 737 landed at Portland International Airport in Oregon. Two paramedics, who happened to be traveling on the flight, assisted with the delivery, borrowing blankets from other passengers and using a shoelace to tie off the umbilical cord. Baby Brielle Renee Blair arrived a couple of weeks early, and the plane landed about 20 minutes ahead of schedule. The mother, Ashley Blair, a Tennessee resident, was traveling to Oregon to be with her own mother for the delivery but didn’t make it in time. She went into labor about 30 minutes before the plane reached its destination.