Baby Born In Flight Given Free Life Air Travel By The Airline

by Yuliya Talmazan | October 26, 2009 at 03:58 pm

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Baby born mid-air over the Pacific aboard AirAsia Flight AK 6505 was given free life travel pass by the airline. The baby 's mother 31-year-old Liew Siaw Hsia gave birth prematurely while flying from the island of Penang to Kuching. Luckily, there was a doctor on the plane who assisted Hsia as she went into labour 2000 feet above ground. The woman was taken to hospital in Kuala Lumpur once the plane made a diversion to Malaysia's capital.

AirAsia said in a statement that both mother and baby will receive free life-long air travel passes.

A statement from the airline read: "The baby was safely delivered when flight AK 6506 was approaching Kuala Lumpur for landing at 2,000 feet."

Director of operations Moses Devanayagam added: "To celebrate this momentous occasion, we decided to present both mother and child with free flights for life."