A British doctor has described the “miraculous” moment he helped a woman give birth on a passenger plane at 35,000 feet.
Junior doctor Hassan Khan flew from Jordan to London All weekend long.
The 28-year-old was flying with a group of friends, who all happened to be doctors, when an announcement was made seeking medical help.
Dr Khan told Sky’s Britain Tonight show that when the crew called for a doctor on board, all his friends came forward voluntarily.
He told Sky News: “Of all the flights where this could have happened, I think this was a relatively good flight given the number of medical staff available.”
The team felt Dr Khan was best equipped to deal with the situation, but for doctors working at Basildon Hospital it was not that simple. Essex.
Her waters had broken and “she was going into labor,” he said, adding that “she didn’t speak a word of English.”
Due to the language barrier and lack of equipment in the maternity ward, Dr. Khan improvised and requested the essentials needed to complete the delivery.
Hassan Khan (third from left) and Wizz Air crew
Dr Khan said: “We need simple equipment like towels to dry the baby immediately after birth and wrap it up to keep it warm. Not many airlines are prepared for air births.”
A study published in 2019 by the International Society of Travel Medicine said that between 1929 and 2018, only 74 babies were born on commercial flights, and 71 of them survived delivery.
The report concluded that while such births are rare, medically trained passengers are key to assisting delivery.
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Dr Khan told the Southend Echo: “I was so focused on dealing with the situation that I almost forgot we were on a plane helping with more than 200 unidentified passengers and crew around us. It felt surreal to have a safe delivery.”
The Wizz Air plane was forced to fly to southern Italy mid-flight so the mother and baby could be cared for, but doctors said other passengers were “surprised by what happened”.
“When they were there to witness this, everyone said it was a miracle,” he said.
The day after the birth, he received a positive message and was told the girl was “healthy.”
He has received no further notification since then but said: “No news is good news, I can only assume”.
When asked if he would like the child to be named after him if it were a boy, Dr Hassan smiled and said: “It would be a nice memorial.”
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