A baby boy has been born on board an Uzbekistan Airways flight from Istanbul to Tashkent. According to the airline, the mother went into premature labor during the flight.
“There were two doctors on board who, together with the crew, quickly provided all the necessary medical assistance,” the company said in a statement. “The flight attendants acted professionally, calmly, and clearly. Their confidence, composure, and care were vital at this important moment.”
The plane made an emergency landing at the airport in the Uzbek city of Urgench, where medics were waiting for the woman and her newborn boy and took them to the hospital.
Uzbekistan Airways congratulated the family on the new addition and expressed its gratitude to the pilots and flight attendants, singling out the two doctors who were on the same flight and organized assistance for the woman in labor.
After landing in Urgench, the plane flew on to Tashkent.
In January this year, the crew of a Uzbekistan Airways plane delivered a baby to a passenger during a flight from Tashkent to New York. The aircraft was forced to land in Keflavik (Iceland), where the mother and child were taken to hospital.
In April 2024, a boy was born on a flight operated by the same airline from Tashkent to Istanbul.
