It is a childbirth as suspended as it is discreet which took place on Monday August 21, 2023. France info Martinique reports that a passenger on Air Caraïbes flight TX514, connecting Paris Orly to Fort-de-France in Martinique, gave birth without the other passengers even noticing. A witness told the media that they had no “heard nothing”. We do not know how this woman was able to give birth in such great discretion. On the other hand, our colleagues gave some details on the progress of this feat. An hour before arriving at her destination, the passenger felt contractions and her water broke. An announcement was made to find out if doctors were on board. A nurse, an intern and an extern in medicine then made themselves known. They would then have been led to the rear of the aircraft in flight, where the pregnant passenger was. The operation would be done “slowly”. Still silently, the little boy would have opened his eyes in the heavens, before landing.
A newborn who enjoys free flights for life
An employee of the company then announced the happy news. Delighted and moved, the passengers would have applauded in the plane. The mother and her newborn were taken care of by the Samu as soon as they arrived on the airport tarmac. They were able to leave the aircraft out of sight. According to France info Martinique, they would be in great shape. A pregnant woman cannot normally fly until the end of her second trimester. Some companies are sometimes reluctant and may refuse access to the plane to pregnant women over 7 months. But sometimes there are exceptions. On September 16, 2020, West France reported a similar story. A mother had given birth to her baby between Cairo and London on board an EgyptAir flight. A doctor on board had volunteered to ensure that her delivery went as smoothly as possible. As a gift of birth, the newborn had been offered by the company a free lifetime travel ticket. If the Air Caraïbes company has confirmed the birth on board its plane, it has not (yet) specified whether the baby will benefit from the same privilege.