What Happens When A Baby Is Born On A Plane? Flight Expert Reveals Key Role Cabin Crew Play

Dubbed ‘skyborns’, there are thought to be less than 100 people born on flights globally.

Parents editor at HuffPost UK

It’s extremely rare for a baby to be born on a plane – but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. In fact, in the past week, a baby was born on board a Caribbean Airlines flight to JFK Airport in New York, just as the plane was landing.

Dubbed ‘skyborns’, there are thought to be less than 100 people born on flights globally. One study analysing data on all in-flight births on commercial airlines found there were 74 babies born on commercial flights between 1929 and 2018 – 71 of which were known to have survived.

Of the births analysed, 10% were born at 37-38........

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