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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Stork warning: woman gives birth midair on Jamaica-to-New York flight

A Caribbean Airlines passenger jet in flight
An air traffic controller at JFK suggested to the pilot that the baby be named Kennedy. Photograph: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

A routine passenger flight from Jamaica landed at New York’s John F Kennedy international airport with one more person than it took off with after a woman gave birth in midair, potentially setting up a tricky situation over the newborn’s citizenship.

The “medical event” occurred on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Kingston on Saturday, according to a news release from the carrier.

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