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Ryan Merrifield

Mum gives birth to baby boy at 30,000ft on board 11-hour transatlantic flight

An airline passenger gave birth at 30,000 feet during a transatlantic flight.

The new mum was not due until the end of the month but suddenly went into labour on Sunday during an 11-hour United Airlines flight between Accra, Ghana, and Washington, DC.

Dr Stephen Ansah-Addo, who was heading home to the US, teamed up with a medically-trained member of the cabin crew and a nurse to deliver the baby boy in business class.

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